Glen Innes to Tamaki shared path Funding
Alan Johnstone made this Official Information request to Auckland Transport
The request was partially successful.
From: Alan Johnstone
Dear Auckland Transport,
Please provide any and all documemtation including board papers, e-mail and any other form of unstructured data (including but not limited to communication with NZTA) from 2019 that refer to the funding status of this project.
In particular please provide information which relates to the failure to start construction of section 2 of this project per the March 2019 update.
Yours faithfully,
Alan Johnstone
From: AT Official Information (AT)
Auckland Transport
Dear Alan Johnstone,
We acknowledge receipt of your request for official information dated
17^th October 2019 regarding Shared Path funding.
We are processing your request according to the provisions of the Local
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987. You will receive a
decision within 20 working days after the receipt of your request by
Auckland Transport, as required by the Act. The expected due date for a
decision is 15^th November 2019. Please note this is the maximum response
time and we will endeavour to respond to you sooner.
If you have any further queries, please contact us on (09) 355 3553 during
business hours, quoting Local Government Official Information request
number CAS-10590-X2F4Q3.
Kind regards,
Nicole | Customer Liaison Specialist
Auckland Transport
Private Bag 92250, Auckland 1142
P 09 355 3553 | E [email address] or
[email address]
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From: AT Official Information (AT)
Auckland Transport
Kia ora Alan
I’m the LGOIMA Business Partner who’s looking into your case
My name is Alison and I’m a LGOIMA Business Partner at Auckland
Transport. I’m responsible for looking into your request for documentation
about Glen Innes to Tamaki shared path Funding.
We have completed a search of our emails using key words to
find correspondence which may be applicable to your request. The
search has found 38,749 emails. We envisage that 95% of these emails will
be duplicates or not relevant to the request. However, to make this
decision we have to manually check all of the emails. On average each
email takes approximately five minutes (12 emails per hour) to
check.Therefore the time required to provide this information is 25 hours.
We have decided to grant your request. However, given the amount of
resource required to process your request, we have decided to charge for
making the requested information available. We provide five hours of work
for free followed by a charge of $47.50 per half hour. Please let me know
if you would like to pay for this information and I will provide our bank
details.
You can refine your request to reduce the amount of time it will take to
provide the information. If you wish to do this please let me know and we
can reassess the amount of time it will take to provide a response.
You are able to make a complaint to the Office of the Ombudsman in
accordance with section 27(3) of the LGOIMA Act, and seek an investigation
and review in regard to this matter.
Ngā mihi
Alison
LGOIMA Business Partner
Auckland Transport
20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland 1010
09 448 7115
[1]www.at.govt.nz
Kia ora Alan
We need a bit more time to work on your case.
We're still working on your case but its taking a bit longer than we
expected. We had hoped to tell you what we've found and what the next
steps are by 18/11/2019
We understand that this is disappointing, but we want to make sure we get
it right.
We'll tell you what we've found and what the next steps are by
Remember, if you need to provide us with more information or if you have
any questions, you can simply reply to this email leaving the subject line
as it is.
Ngā mihi
Alison
LGOIMA Business Partner
Auckland Transport
20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland 1010
[2]www.at.govt.nz
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From: AT Official Information (AT)
Auckland Transport
Kia ora Alan
We have not yet heard back from you regarding my below email. I would be
grateful if you would please let me know how you would like us to
progress?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Ngā mihi
Alison
LGOIMA Business Partner
Auckland Transport
20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland 1010
[1]www.at.govt.nz
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From: Alan Johnstone
Dear AT Official Information (AT),
Thanks for your response, I've been travelling out of NZ for business over the last few weeks, I've not had a chance to fully review.
I'll do so in the next week and reply, thanks for your efforts to date.
Yours sincerely,
Alan Johnstone
From: Alan Johnstone
Dear AT Official Information (AT),
I would like to refine this request to be limited to communications between AT & NZTA related specifically to the funding of this project (I have no interest in any technical details of the project) during the period of 1st May to 1st Oct this year.
Does this give us a more manageable dataset ?
Yours sincerely,
Alan Johnstone
From: AT Official Information (AT)
Auckland Transport
Kia ora Alan
Thank you for your email and refinement it is appreciated. We will now go
through the emails we have found and work out how many emails there are
applicable to your refined request. Once we know this we can work out how
long it will take us to complete your request. We aim to have done this by
9 December. I will update you on 9 December to let you know if we can
provide this information without charging.
I appreciate your patience whilst we work on your request.
If you need to provide us with more information relevant to your request
or you have any questions, simply reply to this email leaving the subject
line as it is. We’ll make sure this information is added to your case.
Ngā mihi
Alison
LGOIMA Business Partner
Auckland Transport
20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland 1010
09
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From: AT Official Information (AT)
Auckland Transport
Kia ora Alan
We need a bit more time to work on your case
Thank you for refining your request. We have now considered your refined
request. We are granting your refined request which means that we will
provide the information you have asked for. We need a little bit more
time to collate the information and we will provide the information by
Monday 16 December.
Thank you for your patience whilst we work on your request.
Ngā mihi
Alison
LGOIMA Business Partner
Auckland Transport
20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland 1010
[1]www.at.govt.nz
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From: AT Official Information (AT)
Auckland Transport
Auckland Transport CAS 10590 X2F4Q3.pdf
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Compiled Documentation Redacted.pdf
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Kia ora Alan
I’ve attached the official information you asked for
On 17/10/2019 you asked for information about the funding for the Glen
Innes to Tamaki Drive Project.
I’ve attached a response from Mieszko Iwaskow, Portfolio Delivery Director
Strategic Programmes Integrated Networks and the attachment referred to in
the response.
Thank you for your patience whilst we have worked on your request.
Should you believe that we have not dealt with your request appropriately,
you are able to make a complaint to the Office of the Ombudsman in
accordance with section 27(3) of the LGOIMA Act and seek an investigation
and review in regard to this matter.
You can contact the Ombudsman at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
If you have any further queries, simply reply to this email leaving the
subject line as it is. We’ll make sure this information is added to your
case.
Ngā mihi
Alison
LGOIMA Business Partner
Auckland Transport
20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland 1010
[2]www.at.govt.nz
Important notice: The contents of this email and any attachments may be
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From: Alan Johnstone
Dear AT Official Information (AT),
Thanks for your response, unfortunately the linked file, "Compiled Documentation Redacted.pdf", is unable to be downloaded. It appears to be damaged in some way.
Can you please provide an alternative / direct link to the document
Yours sincerely,
Alan Johnstone
From: Alan Johnstone
Dear AT Official Information (AT),
Following up on this again. The posted 28.5mb PDF file is unable to be downloaded.
Can you please provide an other method of getting this information to me
Yours sincerely,
Alan Johnstone
From: AT Official Information (AT)
Auckland Transport
Kia Ora Alan
Thank you for your email. I am sorry for the delay in responding.
I have also uploaded it here:
https://aucklandtransport.sharepoint.com...
This link will be open for 30 days.
Kind regards
Alison Hosey | LGOIMA Business Partner
Customer Liaison Team | Customer Experience
20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland 1010
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From: Alan Johnstone
Dear AT Official Information (AT),
Thanks for the provision of the information, much appreciated.
Whilst it's useful It doesn't quite capture what I'm looking for. Let me clarify further.
"please provide all information or documentation that explains why project funding was not obtained in order to meet the previous communicated start dates for 2019 construction"
Yours sincerely,
Alan Johnstone
From: AT Official Information (AT)
Auckland Transport
Kia ora Alan,
Auckland Transport (AT) acknowledges receipt of your request for official
information dated 17 December 2019.
We hope to respond to your request as soon as possible, but not later than
5 February 2020. Please note, the three weeks between Christmas Day and 15
January the following year don’t count as working days, so your request
may take a bit longer than usual. If we aren’t able to respond to your
request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
Your case is being managed by LGOIMA Business Partner Nicole. If you have
any further queries, you can contact the team on (09) 355 3553 during
business hours, quoting Local Government Official Information request
number CAS-58257-D1P2T5.
Ngā mihi,
Pablo | Customer Care Coordinator
Customer Care – Case Management
Auckland Transport
Private Bag 92250, Auckland 1142
P 09 355 3553 | E [email address] or
[email address]
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From: AT Official Information (AT)
Auckland Transport
Kia ora Alan,
We are unable to provide you with the information you asked for
On 17 December 2019 you asked for information or documentation on project
funding prior to 2019 construction.
We made every effort to locate the documentation you requested under case
CAS-10590-X2F4Q3 including searching:
* our internal and project team emails;
* all databases; and
* Auckland Transport systems related to this project and to your
requests.
Unfortunately, we have no further information to supply to you.
We are therefore refusing your request under section 17(e) and 17(g) of
the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act because the
information does not exist and is not held.
We will provide a signed response to you by Friday 14 February 2020.
We understand that this isn’t the outcome you hoped for.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review how we’ve responded to
your official information request. You can contact the Ombudsman at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi
Nicole
LGOIMA Business Partner
Auckland Transport
20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland 1010
[2]www.at.govt.nz
Important notice: The contents of this email and any attachments may be
confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you have received this
email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies
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message or attachments is prohibited. Any views expressed in this email
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From: AT Official Information (AT)
Auckland Transport
Kia ora Alan,
We are unable to provide you with the information you asked for
On 17 December 2019 you asked for information related to the Glen Innes to
Tamaki Drive Project.
I've attached a letter from Mieszko Iwaskow, Portfolio Delivery Director
Strategic Programmes, Integrated Networks, in response.
We understand that this isn’t the outcome you hoped for.
You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review how we’ve responded to
your official information request. You can contact the Ombudsman at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi
Nicole
LGOIMA Business Partner
Auckland Transport
20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland 1010
[2]www.at.govt.nz
Important notice: The contents of this email and any attachments may be
confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you have received this
email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies
of the message and attachments; any use, disclosure or copying of this
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may be those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the
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Hi Nicole,
Thanks for your response,
I'm struggling to accept your response here as being valid.
There was a previously communicated timeline for a 2019 build start. At some point in time this ceased to be the case as the project wasn't funded.
When the project changed from one build date to another, a decision was taken, either funding wasn't granted or the requested for NZTA funding wasn't submitted. Either way, someone or group of people made a decision, I want to obtain the documentation around that decision.
If you are unwilling to provide this, I shall raise the issue with the Ombudsman,
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