The brief
In 2024, Kāpiti Coast District Council awarded its Road Maintenance Contract to Te Ara Tū — a joint venture between Wellington Developments Limited (a Māori-owned roading and civil construction business), TTAP (technical lead) and Intergroup (specialist hydro-excavation, pipe cleaning and city amenity services). The contract runs four years (2024–2028) and covers full corridor maintenance for approximately 500 km of local road network.
What we deliver
TTAP’s role in the JV covers contract management, asset management, engineering and advisory — anchored on a single live AWM inventory:
- Contract management and AWM inventory management
- Engineering inspections and traffic management planning
- Environmental management (storm and discharge controls)
- Roadside furniture maintenance and signs and traffic facility renewals
- Road and drainage maintenance — sealed pavements (resurfacing and pavement maintenance), unsealed pavements (rehabilitations, grading and drainage), and drainage renewals
- Vegetation control, emergency works and call-out, and paths maintenance and renewals (footpaths, cycleways, shared paths)
How we work
The JV’s foundation is in Māori tikanga and manaaki — the contract was deliberately designed to keep crew, depot and decision-making local to Kāpiti, with iwi engagement built into the early-warning and emergency-response protocols. Performance monitoring runs on a live AWM inventory feeding an AMPT dashboard, so KCDC sees defect closure rates, seal age, and emergency-response timing in near-real-time. Average emergency-response time across the first year of contract has been under 30 minutes.
Outcome
Te Ara Tū is now the council’s primary road maintenance contractor. TTAP’s technical workstream covers the corridor’s full engineering lifecycle — pavement assessment, drainage performance, signs and markings, paths — and feeds the council’s Activity Management Plan update cycle directly, removing the gap that previously existed between field condition and AMP forecasting.
Team
Bob Hu (Managing Director) is JV technical lead. Charles Agate is asset and traffic-management lead. Chaminda Ekanayake leads civil engineering inspections. Ana Wang leads stakeholder communications across council, community boards, schools and iwi. The local crew + local depot model is core to the contract’s design.
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