28 June 2021
Mr Shane Plummer
By email: [FYI request #15601 email]
Tēnā koe Shane
INFORMATION REQUEST – 15th Avenue Reports
We write in response to your email dated 29 April 2021 in which you requested the following
information:
Please receive a request for Road Safety audits completed for DC98 - Transport
Corridor Improvements – 15th Avenue project. Also known at the time as "15th Ave for
the corridor improvement project"
Specifically
1) The Independent safety and network functionality assessment is undertaken by
Stantec before construction
2) The 'post-construction road safety audit' /audits carried out.
3) and any preliminary safety audits that may have been completed to meet NZTA
Safety Audit process when initially applying for NZTA funding from the NLTP
4) and any other 'safety assessments' audit relating TCC public announcement
made at the time " it was announced the works would be delayed in order to
assess safety"
Please also advise if any NZTA funding was eventually provided to this project
We have considered your request in accordance with the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (“
LGOIMA”) and respond as follows:
1) Please see the following reports attached:
a. Stantec – 15th Avenue Corridor Improvements SANF Report - dated 23 July
2019
b. Safety Audit Drawings
c. TDG/Stantec – Preliminary Design Stage Road Safety Audit – September
2018
2) There is no post-construction audit. This is still to be completed as the contractor has
only recently completed remedial works.
3) And 4) there are no other safety reports.
Tauranga City Council Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143, New Zealand +64 7 577 7000 [Tauranga City Council request email] www.tauranga.govt.nz
This project did receive funding from Waka Kotahi.
The attachments provided have had redactions applied to remove the names of staff of other
companies. This information is withheld under section 7(2)(a) of LGOIMA to
protect the
privacy of natural persons, including that of deceased natural persons.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or freephone 0800 802 602.
We may publish this response on our website as your request may be of interest to others.
All personal information will be removed and only the question and answers will be seen.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact the writer.
Yours sincerely
Coral Hair
Manager
Democracy Services
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