Reference: 20210077
25 March 2021
Nicholas Lee
[FYI request #14262 email]
Dear Nicholas
Thank you for your Official Information Act request, received on 1 March 2021. You
requested:
“…any documents recording Cabinet’s reasons for funding the decision”.
Cabinet agreed that decisions on final details of projects in the New Zealand Upgrade
Programme be delegated to Budget Ministers, and therefore no documents recording
Cabinet’s reasons for the funding decision of Mill Road exist. On this basis, I must
refuse your request under section 18(e) of the Official information Act – that the
document alleged to contain the information requested does not exist or, despite
reasonable efforts to locate, it cannot be found.
Information specific to funding decisions for Mill Road is included in departmental
reports on the New Zealand Upgrade Programme. If you would like this information,
please feel free to make a new request to the Treasury.
This reply addresses the information you requested. You have the right to ask the
Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision.
Yours sincerely
David Taylor
Manager, National Infrastructure Unit
1 The Terrace
PO Box 3724
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
tel. +64-4-472-2733
https://treasury.govt.nz