File ref: IRC-1801
8 June 2021
Michael Brown
Kia Ora Michael
Vehicle infringement notices relating to Hutt Road cycleway
Thank you for your request made under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987 (the Act), received on 5 May 2021. You requested the fol owing information relating to the
Hutt Road walkway/cycleway between the Caltex service station north of Kaiwharawhara and
Thorndon Quay.:
1. Are you responsible for issuing of vehicle infringement notices relating to the
cycleway/walkway? By infringement, I mean vehicles such as cars, motorbikes, trucks,
goods vans, and buses parking on the cycleway or driving along it.
2. If you are responsible, provide data around notices issued since the cycleway/walkway
opened in November 2019. Ideally, the data would be broken down by month since
November 2019, giving number of notices issued per month, type of infringement (e.g.,
parking, driving) and type of vehicle.
3. Provide information about how often council officers check for vehicle infringements on
this route at present.
Wel ington City Council has
granted your request for information at no cost.
The response to your questions are laid out below:
1. Are you responsible for issuing of vehicle infringement notices relating to the
cycleway/walkway? By infringement, I mean vehicles such as cars, motorbikes, trucks, goods
vans, and buses parking on the cycleway or driving along it.
Parking Services issues infringements to vehicles parked on the cycleway/walkway. We do not
issue infringements to moving vehicles (with the exception of bus lane infringements), in that
instance we would recommend reaching out to the NZPolice.
2. If you are responsible, provide data around notices issued since the cycleway/walkway
opened in November 2019. Ideal y, the data would be broken down by month since November
2019, giving number of notices issued per month, type of infringement (e.g., parking, driving)
and type of vehicle.
Table 1 below shoes the number of tickets issued since November 2019. The violations for this
offending include
• Parked in a cycle lane as indicated by signage or road markings (Cycle Lane)
• Parked on a cycle path (Cycle Path)
• Parked on a footpath (Footpath)
This data shows infringements and warning tickets issues and was gathered from 1 November
2019 to 5 May 2021.
3. Provide information about how often council officers check for vehicle infringements on this
route at present.
We have a team of Parking Officers in compliance vehicles that attend to complaints raised by
members of the public. If a parking complaint is raised regarding a vehicle parked illegally on the
cycleway/footpath, a Parking Officer wil be sent to attend as and when resources al ow.
This particular area is often travelled by our compliance drivers and if a vehicle is sighted as being
parked illegally on this cycle track, our Parking Officers will request an on-foot Parking Officer to
attend.
It’s important to note that Parking Officers regularly monitor the clearways on Thorndon Quay, the
enforcement of this clearway assists with making the area safe for the public, in particular cyclists
who travel from the direction of Hutt Road.
Right of review
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If you are not satisfied with the Council’s response, you may request the Office of the Ombudsman
to investigate the Council’s decision. Further information is available on the Ombudsman website,
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Thank you again for your request, if you have any question please feel free to contact me.
Kind regards
Jessica Hall
Assurance Advisor
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