This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Auckland Harbour Bridge active modes decision'.
   
50 Victoria Street 
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Wellington 6141 
 
New Zealand 
 
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3 February 2022 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tim Adriaansen 
[FYI request #17997 email] 
REF: OIA-9260 
 
Dear Tim 
 
Notice of extension made under the Official Information Act 1982 
 
Thank you for your email of 18 December 2021 requesting the following information under the Official 
Information Act 1982 (the Act): 
 
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. 
 
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is extending the 20 working days available to us to respond to your 
request as allowed for under section 15A of the Act. We need 10 more working days to respond to 
your request. We will send you our response on or before 21 February 2022.  
 
The deadline is being extended because of the additional consultations required to be undertaken 
which are necessary to make a decision on your request. A thorough response to your request cannot 
reasonably be made within the 20-working-day limit.  
 
 
   


 
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to complain to the Ombudsman about the extension. 
More information about the Ombudsman is available online at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. If you 
would like to discuss this reply with Waka Kotahi, please contact Official Correspondence, by email to 
[email address]. 
 
If you would like to discuss this reply with Waka Kotahi, please contact Official Correspondence, by 
email to [email address]. 
 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
Josh Driscoll 
Principal Advisor, Ministerial Services