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Auckland Harbour Bridge active modes decision

Tim Adriaansen made this Official Information request to New Zealand Transport Agency

The request was partially successful.

From: Tim Adriaansen

Dear New Zealand Transport Agency,

On 17th December multiple news media outlets reported that Waka Kotahi had made a decision not to reallocate existing bridge space to provide active transport options across the harbour bridge.

Stuff.co.nz reported: "A Waka Kotahi spokeswoman said the agency undertook a “thorough, detailed assessment” of a range of options to repurpose bridge lanes.
That included assessments of the costs and safety risks, as well as the operational, health and wider network impacts and benefits of each of the options, she said."

- Please provide all documents detailing this assessment and any report presenting it's conclusions to Waka Kotahi, including information presented to any part of the organisation and also any presentation or report provided to the board
- Please provide the minutes of the board meeting at which this information was received by the board and a decision was made
- Any additional documents presented to the board which were referenced or utilised in their decision regarding providing access for active modes to the Auckland Harbour Bridge

As this was a policy decision regarding strategic asset management, was presented to cabinet and has significant climate impacts, Waka Kotahi were legally required to complete a Climate Implications of Policy Assessment (CIPA) before making this decision.

Therefore, please also provide:
- The completed early engagement form sent to the Ministry for the Environment’s CIPA team to confirm if a CIPA was required
- The completed CIPA

Yours faithfully,

Tim Adriaansen

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From: Official Correspondence
New Zealand Transport Agency

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Dear Tim,

 

This email acknowledges your below request for information made under the
Official Information Act 1982.

 

Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate section of Waka Kotahi
NZ Transport Agency for response. They will contact you if they require
clarification of your request, more time to respond, or if your request
has been transferred to another organisation to respond to. Unless more
time is required, Waka Kotahi will send a response to you within 20
working days of receiving your request – in this instance on or before
4^th February 2022. As per the Ombudsman’s calendar, the Summer holidays
(25 December to 15 January) and the Day after New Year's Day (2 January
2022) are taken into account in calculating this.

 

The information you have requested may contain the names and contact
details of our staff. Please let us know whether you require these names
and contact details. We may need to consult our staff before deciding
whether we can release this information, and this may take a bit more
time. If we do not hear from you we will assume that you do not require
staff names and contact details.

 

If you would like to discuss your request with Waka Kotahi, please contact
us by email at [1][email address].

 

Regards  

 

Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kôtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

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Dear Tim,

 

Please find attached a letter advising of an extension to your request of
18^th December 2021 for information under the Official Information Act
1982.

 

A response will now be sent to you on or before 21^st February 2022.

 

Regards

 

Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kôtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

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Attachment 1.Walking and Cycling on the AHB I and D Committee Nov 2021.pdf
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Dear Tim

 

Please find attached the response to your request of 18 December 2021 for
information under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Due to the size of the attachments, you will receive a link to a OneDrive
folder to access the files being released to you.

 

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If you have any issues accessing the shared information, please let us
know via return email.

 

Regards

 

Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kôtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

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From: Tim Adriaansen

Dear Official Correspondence,

Thank you for your response and accompanying documents.

In my original request relating to Auckland Harbour Bridge, I specified "Please provide all documents detailing this assessment and any report presenting it's conclusions to Waka Kotahi".

In the documentation provided, the Infrastructure and Delivery committee paper dated 15 December 2021 references a number of costings for events, as well as identified risks, some of which do not appear in the Resolve Group report provided in the initial response to this request.

Please provide, as a matter of urgency under the initial request, any and all advice or documentation describing costs or risks associated with repurposing existing space on Auckland Harbour Bridge, whether permanently or for one-off events.

The document "1. Resolve - AHB Shared Path Options Assessment - FINAL - August 2021_Redacted" on pg. 22 states "Auckland Systems Management (ASM) have developed a concept of operations..."

Please provide any reports detailing operational plans, risk assessments or any other related work prepared by Auckland Systems Management in relation to providing active modes access to the harbour bridge, as a matter of urgency under the initial request.

To ensure completeness of the request, please include: Any engineering reports on structural implications of crash barriers and alternative configurations of the bridge, and any costings, quotes or other work completed for barrier and fencing systems.

Please note that I believe all of this documentation falls within scope of the initial request, and should be provided as quickly as possible. An early partial response is appropriate where some documentation is easier to identify than others, provided the overall request is fulfilled in a timely manner.

Yours sincerely,

Tim Adriaansen

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New Zealand Transport Agency

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Dear Tim,

 

This email acknowledges your below request for information made under the
Official Information Act 1982.

 

Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate section of Waka Kotahi
NZ Transport Agency for response. They will contact you if they require
clarification of your request, more time to respond, or if your request
has been transferred to another organisation to respond to. Unless more
time is required, Waka Kotahi will send a response to you within 20
working days of receiving your request – in this instance on or before
25^th March 2022.

 

The information you have requested may contain the names and contact
details of our staff. Please let us know whether you require these names
and contact details. We may need to consult our staff before deciding
whether we can release this information, and this may take a bit more
time. If we do not hear from you we will assume that you do not require
staff names and contact details.

 

If you would like to discuss your request with Waka Kotahi, please contact
us by email at [1][NZTA request email].

 

Regards  

 

Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kōtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

[2]twitter | [3]youtube | [4]facebook

 

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Dear Tim,

 

Please find attached a letter advising of an extension to your request of
25^th February 2022 for information under the Official Information Act
1982.

 

A response will now be sent to you on or before 15^th April 2022.

 

Regards

 

Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kōtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

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From: Tim Adriaansen <[5][FOI #17997 email]>
Sent: Friday, 25 February 2022 9:24 AM
To: Official Correspondence <[6][email address]>
Subject: Re: OIA-9260 RESPONSE - RE: Official Information request -
Auckland Harbour Bridge active modes decision

 

Dear Official Correspondence,

 

Thank you for your response and accompanying documents.

 

In my original request relating to Auckland Harbour Bridge, I specified
"Please provide all documents detailing this assessment and any report
presenting it's conclusions to Waka Kotahi".

 

In the documentation provided, the Infrastructure and Delivery committee
paper dated 15 December 2021 references a number of costings for events,
as well as identified risks, some of which do not appear in the Resolve
Group report provided in the initial response to this request.

 

Please provide, as a matter of urgency under the initial request, any and
all advice or documentation describing costs or risks associated with
repurposing existing space on Auckland Harbour Bridge, whether permanently
or for one-off events.

 

The document "1. Resolve - AHB Shared Path Options Assessment - FINAL -
August 2021_Redacted" on pg. 22 states "Auckland Systems Management (ASM)
have developed a concept of operations..."

 

Please provide any reports detailing operational plans, risk assessments
or any other related work prepared by Auckland Systems Management in
relation to providing active modes access to the harbour bridge, as a
matter of urgency under the initial request.

 

To ensure completeness of the request, please include: Any engineering
reports on structural implications of crash barriers and alternative
configurations of the bridge, and any costings, quotes or other work
completed for barrier and fencing systems.

 

Please note that I believe all of this documentation falls within scope of
the initial request, and should be provided as quickly as possible. An
early partial response is appropriate where some documentation is easier
to identify than others, provided the overall request is fulfilled in a
timely manner.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Tim Adriaansen

 

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From: Official Correspondence
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Attachment OIA 9608 Tim Adriaansen response 14 April 2022.pdf
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Attachment 03.RE Harbour Bridge Redacted.pdf
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Attachment 04.AHB WC Options Structural Review Memo Draft Redacted.pdf
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Attachment 05.Logistics concept AB cycle access 23.06.2021 released in full.pdf
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Attachment 06.FW AHB Shared Path Alternative barrier option Redacted.pdf
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Attachment 01.AHB events Redacted.pdf
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Dear Tim,

 

Please find attached the response to your request of 25^th February 2022
for information under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Regards

 

Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kōtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

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