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-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Young <[FYI request #20028 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2022 5:15 am
To: Official Correspondence <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Auckland Harbour Bridge - Wind
Records

 

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Dear New Zealand Transport Agency,

 

I note that one significant safety reason quoted for denying people the
ability to walk and cycle across the under-utilised Auckland Harbour
Bridge is the strength, frequency and unpredictability of wind on the
bridge.  I assume that to reach this conclusion that Waka Kotahi has a
significant data set related to wind.

 

Please can you therefore provide the last ten years of wind records for
the Auckland Harbour Bridge in the possession of the Agency or your
contractors.  I understand that this data set would typically include the
time/date stamped 15 minute interval, peak and mean wind speed and
directions.  If you have this data please provide it in an CSV or Excel
file.  If you do not have wind data in this exact format please provide
the closest that you have to match this request for the longest period you
have up to ten years.

 

Please also provide any reports/ emails/ correspondence over the last five
years related to the assessment of wind risk to people walking and cycling
across the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Richard Young

 

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Kia ora Richard

 

Please find attached the response to your request of 27^th July 2022 for
information under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Ngā mihi

 

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Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

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-----Original Message-----

From: Richard Young <[5][FOI #20028 email]>

Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2022 5:15 AM

To: Official Correspondence <[6][email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Auckland Harbour Bridge - Wind
Records

 

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Dear New Zealand Transport Agency,

 

I note that one significant safety reason quoted for denying people the
ability to walk and cycle across the under-utilised Auckland Harbour
Bridge is the strength, frequency and unpredictability of wind on the
bridge.  I assume that to reach this conclusion that Waka Kotahi has a
significant data set related to wind.

 

Please can you therefore provide the last ten years of wind records for
the Auckland Harbour Bridge in the possession of the Agency or your
contractors.  I understand that this data set would typically include the
time/date stamped 15 minute interval, peak and mean wind speed and
directions.  If you have this data please provide it in an CSV or Excel
file.  If you do not have wind data in this exact format please provide
the closest that you have to match this request for the longest period you
have up to ten years.

 

Please also provide any reports/ emails/ correspondence over the last five
years related to the assessment of wind risk to people walking and cycling
across the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Richard Young

 

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Kia ora Richard,

 

Thank you for your email of 5 September 2022 regarding the information you
have received under the Official Information Act relating to wind speed on
the Auckland Harbour Bridge. We confirm that the data that you have
received on 22 August 2022 is all the data that Waka Kotahi NZ Transport
Agency hold in relation to the request, and that we do not hold 15 minute
interval records for wind speeds, nor do we hold any wind data at deck
level on the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

 

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-----Original Message-----

From: Richard Young <[5][FOI #20028 email]>

Sent: Monday, 5 September 2022 3:13 pm

To: Official Correspondence <[6][email address]>

Subject: Re: OIA-10638 RESPONSE

 

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Dear Official Correspondence,

Thank you for you letter of 22/8.  I note that you have not provided the
15 minute interval records I requested but instead only provided the
hours, gust and 10 min mean for 1 hour periods when the wind speed
exceeded 75km/h.  As a matter of urgency please can you provide the
information originally requested or confirm that you have no data for
this.

 

The data you have provided states it is from an elevation of 67m,
significantly higher than the highest trafficked level.  Please therefore
can you advise if you have any wind data at bridge deck level on the
Harbour Bridge?  Please also treat this request under urgency.

 

I note with interest that Waka Kotahi has not undertaken an assessment of
wind risk to people walking and cycling across the Auckland Harbour
Bridge.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Richard Young

 

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Kia ora Richard

 

 

 

Please find attached the response to your request of 27^th July 2022 for 
information under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

 

 

Ngā mihi

 

 

 

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Agency

 

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