Pursuant to subclause 3.4(1) of Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004, and a delegation from the NZ Transport Agency, I, Glenn Bunting, Network Manager, make the following amendments to the "Rural Intersection Active Warning Signs Trial" notice published in the New Zealand Gazette, 9 August 2012, No. 94, page 2599 (as amended by notice in the New Zealand Gazette, 13 June 2013, No. 74, page 1982):
1. Add the following intersection descriptions to the table in Schedule 3 - Locations for trial:
Road Controlling Authority Main Road Side Road Locality
NZ Transport Agency State Highway 1S Williams Street Kaiapoi
NZ Transport Agency State Highway 1S Aylesbury Road and Burnham Road Burnham
2. Delete Schedule 4-Period of trial and replace it with the following Schedule:
"Schedule 4-Period of Trial
A trial may begin after the publication of this notice and, unless terminated earlier, must end by 31 July 2014 for trials at local authority intersections or by 30 November 2014 for trials at state highway intersections."
3. In Schedule 5-Conditions, under the sub-heading Evaluation, replace the date on which the final report is due with
"31 March 2015".
Signed at Wellington this 24th day of February 2014.
GLENN BUNTING, Network Manager.
Explanatory Note
The end date of the trials at State highway intersections has been extended to allow a two-year period of evaluation from December 2012, when the trial commenced at the first State highway intersection. The extended period will also allow comparative data to be collected from an additional pair of intersections. The active intersection warning sign and variable speed intersection warning sign will be swapped between the two intersections named in this notice, to assist with the evaluation of the signs.