Road Planting Policy and Guidelines

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Road PlantingPolicy and Guidelines

• Richard Kirby
• Assets Group Manager

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Road PlantingPolicy and Guidelines

• The management of road berms and verges for road
  safety, amenity and environmental health

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Background

• Ongoing issues
• Inappropriate tree types
• Little forethought into future maintenance
• Safety potentially compromised
• Underground overhead infrastructure affected
• Forest planting of unformed roads?
• Need for Strategic overview

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Policy Development

• Established terms of reference
• Engaged external resource
• Developed first drafts
• Consultation
• Informal with stakeholders
• Formal consultation with community
• Adopted by Council July 2003

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Contents

• Introduction
• About this document
• Objectives
• The Road Landscapes of the Manawatu District
• Policies
• Guidelines
• Glossary
• Appendices
• References

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About this Document

• Focused at operational level
• Recommends best practice in
• Planning
• Design
• Implementation
• For use in
• Road Construction
• Improvement works
• Community projects
• Private property frontages

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Objectives

• Safe and efficient operation of the District's
  roads and associated utilities
• Enhancing the environmental health of the District

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1. Safe, Efficient Operation

• Visibility
• Planting for road safety
• Physical obstruction
• Collision with trees in run off road accidents
• Shading
• Weed Control

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1. Safe, Efficient Operation

• Interference with lighting
• Drain Maintenance
• Road alignment
• Physical Damage
• Plant selection and planting
• Fire Mitigation

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2. Environmental Amenity

• Bioengineering
• Managing for ecology and wildlife
• Visual, cultural and microclimatic amenity

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Manawatu Road Landscapes

• Sand Country (coastal fringe)
• Mountainland (Ruahine ranges)
• Plains and Terraces (lt3 slope)
• Hill Country (gt15 slope)
• Downland (lt15 slope)

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Policies

• 19 policies covering
• Planting for road safety, environmental benefits,
  local landscape character, biodiversity shelter
  and timber production
• Planting for urban streets, road upgrades and on
  private land adjacent to roads
• Community planting and community consultation
• Sensitive sites and the prevention of weed and
  plant pest spread
• Protection of overhead and underground utilities

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Guidelines

• Under 16 subject headings and tell how to
• Select, plant, manage and maintain appropriate
  plant species
• Control weeds and manage invasive pest plants
• Manage sensitive sites

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Guidelines Planting Tables
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Typical Figures
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Typical Figures
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Typical Figures
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Typical Figures
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Road PlantingPolicy and Guidelines

• Richard Kirby
• Assets Group Manager