Some minor tweaking by the Otago Regional Transport Committee on the region's next three-year land transport programme has resulted from public submissions.
Changes did not much alter the $460 million expected to be spent on projects throughout Otago's five districts.
The committee received 91 submissions on the draft Otago Regional Land Transport Programme for 2012-15.
Submitters wanting to be heard appeared before the committee in Dunedin on May 14, and via video conference from Queenstown, after which the committee deliberated on issues discussed.
As a result a few minor changes were recommended by committee members to the programme, and adopted last week, for consideration and approval by the Otago Regional Council.
Planned state highway retrofits were raised to priority band 2, as was the Dunedin City Council's southern commuter route project.
Funding of $423,000 for the Kakaho Creek realignment on State Highway 1 was brought forward by 12 months into the 2012-13 financial year.
Funding of $1.06 million for the construction phase of the Glenda Dr intersection with State Highway 6 at Queenstown was also brought forward into the next fiscal year.
In the Central Otago district, the subsidised maintenance, operations and renewals programme was slightly reduced, predominantly as a result of funding changes made by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) in the next three financial years and a subsequent recommendation by the Central Otago District Council.
The unsubsidised work programme for Central Otago was increased slightly, and projected minor improvement expenditure for the district, within the new and improved infrastructure for local roads activity class, was cut to $325,000 annually from $525,000.
A few projects were added to the Waitaki district's maintenance, operations and renewals programme for replacement of structure components, which will cost $525,000 over the three-year period.
Those projects were the Murphy St footbridge, Stenhouse Rd bridge, Willowview bridge and the investigation and design of six other bridge renewals.
An additional $220,000 was allocated in the 2012-13 financial year for a new NZTA strategic study in respect of the transport planning activity class, and to be included within the study was consideration of whether it was viable to create hub rail capacities on the KiwiRail network south of Dunedin.
The high productivity motor vehicle route project between Invercargill, Queenstown and Christchurch was removed in response to NZTA changes.
NZTA reduced the amount of money it planned to spend in Otago during the next three years on maintenance and operation of state highways, but increased its expenditure on state highway renewal.
Those changes were also reflected in amendments to the draft programme made by the committee.
This month, the regional council will consider the programme, which will then be submitted for inclusion in the National Land Transport Programme.
