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14 April 2022
Tim Adriaansen
[FYI request #17997 email]
REF: OIA-9608
Dear Tim
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email of 25 February 2022 requesting the fol owing information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
In my original request relating to Auckland Harbour Bridge, I specified "Please provide al
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 wel 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.
On 25 March 2022 Waka Kotahi NZ transport Agency extended the 20 working days available to us to
respond to your request as allowed for under section 15A of the Act.
The documents in scope of your request are outlined in the document schedule attached to this letter.
Please note that some information has been withheld under:
• section 9(2)(a) of the Act to protect the privacy of natural persons.
• section 9(2)(b)(i ) of the Act to protect the commercial position of the person who supplied the
information or who is the subject of the information.
With respect to the information that has been withheld, I do not consider there are any other factors
which would render it desirable, in the public interest, to make the information available.
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to
withhold this information. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
If you would like to discuss this reply with Waka Kotahi, please contact Official Correspondence, by
email to [NZTA request email].
Yours sincerely
Jacqui Hori-Hoult
Acting National Manager Maintenance and Operations
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Document Schedule
Ref
Document
Date
Release status
1.
AHB events
04/04/2021
Some information has been withheld under:
• section 9(2)(a) of the Act to protect the privacy of natural persons.
• section 9(2)(b)(i ) of the Act to protect the commercial position of the
person who supplied the information or who is the subject of the
information.
2.
Re: Checking in
02/12/2021
Some information has been withheld under:
• section 9(2)(a) of the Act to protect the privacy of natural persons.
• section 9(2)(b)(i ) of the Act to protect the commercial position of the
person who supplied the information or who is the subject of the
information.
3.
RE: Harbour Bridge
02/12/2021
Some information has been withheld under:
• section 9(2)(a) of the Act to protect the privacy of natural persons.
• section 9(2)(b)(i ) of the Act to protect the commercial position of the
person who supplied the information or who is the subject of the
information.
Information out of scope has also been redacted.
4.
Draft AHB walking & cycling options – structural review
18/06/2021
Some information has been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act to
protect the privacy of natural persons.
5.
Logistics concept AB cycle access
23/06/2021
Released in full.
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6.
FW: AHB Shared Path - Alternative barrier option
16/07/2021
Some information has been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the Act to
protect the privacy of natural persons.
The references about “completed work” and a “formal response” refer to the
the Resolve group’s report
Resolve - AHB Shared Path Options Assessment
– FINAL.
7.
Resolve - AHB Shared Path Options Assessment - FINAL -
August 2021
This has been provided to you previously under OIA-9260.
The Resolve group’s report was the main report that the I&D Committee
paper of December 2021 was based on.
8.
hv2_manual_edit
April 2019
This product manual was produced by the steel barrier manufacturer CSP
Pacific. It is publicly available
(https://www.csp.co.nz/products/mash-hv2-
barrier#downloads). The manual was used by the Resolve Group to inform its
report
Resolve - AHB Shared Path Options Assessment – FINAL.
9.
TB 170711 Rev. 2 - CRTS - MASH TL-3
August 2019
Released in full.
This is the technical report from concrete barrier manufacturer, which also
informed the Resolve Group’s report
Resolve - AHB Shared Path Options
Assessment – FINAL.
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