12 May 2021
File Ref: OIAP-8-31393
Tony Randle
[FYI request #15050 email]
Dear Mr Randle
Request for information 2021-072
I refer to your original request for information and your subsequent emails dated 5 May 2021 and 7
May 2021. You have requested the following:
"T) Can the GWRC please provide a copy of business case, benefit cost assessment, the detailed costing and
the detailed funding report for “Wellington Rail Development Plan- Associated Operational costs” that has a
LTP cost of $37M?
Parts O – T of your request are answered below (excerpt from original response)
An indicative business case in respect of the Wairarapa and Manawatu Carriages, and the Additional Rolling
Stock, was provided to Waka Kotahi in 2019 and is available on our website at the following link:
http://www.gw.govt.nz/metlink-greater-wellington-s-public-transport-network/
Having checked the GWRC web site page, I can access the indicative business case in respect of the
Wairarapa and Manawatu Carriages but there is no link to the indicative business case in respect of the
Additional Rolling Stock. Therefore the information requested under item T is to be provided.
Can the GWRC please provide the indicative business case in respect of the Additional Rolling Stock either by
adding it to their web page or uploaded to the FYI web site ?”
Greater Wellington’s response follows:
We apologise for the oversight that our previous correspondence did not address this part of your
request.
Wellington office
Upper Hutt
Masterton office
0800 496 734
PO Box 11646
PO Box 40847
PO Box 41
www.gw.govt.nz
Manners St, Wellington 6142
1056 Fergusson Drive
Masterton 5840
[Wellington Regional Council request email]
Please find attached the Wellington Regional Rail Strategic Direction 2020 (
Attachment 1), which
has also been incorporated into the Draft Regional Public Transport Plan 2021. The investments have
been identified as part of the Regional Rail Plan review, which is still in progress, but is summarised
in the Wellington Regional Rail Strategic Direction 2020.
There are currently no specific indicative business cases in respect of additional rolling stock. This
part of your request is therefore refused under section 17(g) of the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 on the grounds that the information requested is not held by
the Local authority, and Greater Wellington does not believe that the information is held by another
local authority, a department, a Minister of the Crown, or organisation.
If you have any concerns with the decision(s) referred to in this letter, you have the right to request
an investigation and review by the Ombudsman under section 27(3) of the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987.
Yours sincerely
Scott Gallacher
Kaiwhakahaere Matua Metlink | General Manager Metlink
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