Reasons for delay and request for cost for planned install of 12 Watts Design speed humps on Hawkins Hill Road, Brooklyn in March 2024.
Naomi Steenkamp made this Official Information request to Wellington City Council
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From: Naomi Steenkamp
Dear Wellington City Council,
Two OIA / LGOIMA requests please:
1. Please advise the total cost budgeted and approved for the planned install of 12 Watts Design speed humps on Hawkins Hill Road, Brooklyn in March 2024, or as an alternative - please provide the cost per hump (i.e. total cost / 12).
2. Please provide:
a) the difference in cost between the initial contractor's (Mills Albert) quotation for the works, and the current quotation accepted (PCL Contracting), and;
b) the reasons why the "Pavement and Minor Safety Improvement" project only commenced 24 February 2022 - some 3 years 3 months after gaining the approval and support in the City Strategy Committee Meeting of 22 November 2018 - and is still not completed 2 years later?
Yours faithfully,
Naomi Steenkamp
Resident whose main access traverses Hawkins Hill Road, Brooklyn
From: BUS: Assurance
Wellington City Council
Tēnā koe Ms Steenkamp
Thank you for your email of 4 March 2024 to Wellington City Council, for
the following information:
1. Please advise the total cost budgeted and approved for the planned
install of 12 Watts Design speed humps on Hawkins Hill Road, Brooklyn
in March 2024, or as an alternative - please provide the cost per hump
(i.e. total cost / 12).
2. Please provide:
a. the difference in cost between the initial contractor's (Mills
Albert) quotation for the works, and the current quotation
accepted (PCL Contracting), and;
b. the reasons why the "Pavement and Minor Safety Improvement"
project only commenced 24 February 2022 - some 3 years 3 months
after gaining the approval and support in the City Strategy
Committee Meeting of 22 November 2018 - and is still not
completed 2 years later?
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Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA).
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 3 April 2024, being 20 working days after the day
your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by
then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
If you have any further questions, please email [1][email address].
Nga mihi
Danika Morris-Brown
Senior Advisor Official Information
Ara Whaimana | Strategy and Governance
Te Kaunihera o Pōneke | Wellington City Council
E [2][email address] | W [3]wellington.govt.nz
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From: BUS: Assurance
Wellington City Council
Tēnā koe Ms Steenkamp
Please find attached correspondence from Wellington City Council.
Nga mihi
Danika Morris-Brown
Senior Advisor Official Information
Ara Whaimana | Strategy and Governance
Te Kaunihera o Pōneke | Wellington City Council
E [1][email address] | W [2]wellington.govt.nz
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From: BUS: Assurance
Wellington City Council
Tēnā koe Ms Steenkamp
Please excuse the error in the extension letter. I have amended and
attached.
Nga mihi
Danika Morris-Brown
Senior Advisor Official Information
Ara Whaimana | Strategy and Governance
Te Kaunihera o Pōneke | Wellington City Council
E [1][email address] | W [2]wellington.govt.nz
From: BUS: Assurance
Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 10:06 AM
To: [FYI request #25986 email]
Subject: Correspondence from Wellington City Council - Extension -
IRC-6108
Tēnā koe Ms Steenkamp
Please find attached correspondence from Wellington City Council.
Nga mihi
Danika Morris-Brown
Senior Advisor Official Information
Ara Whaimana | Strategy and Governance
Te Kaunihera o Pōneke | Wellington City Council
E [3][email address] | W [4]wellington.govt.nz
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Naomi Steenkamp left an annotation ()
Thank you Danika. So, WCC have chosen to wait until the final day (of the 20 working days), to extend the due date by a further 20 working days, because "a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the original time limit" - Wow - the one to "consult with" in order to get the answers is a lovely man called Will Melville - being the last Parks Staff member juggling this "hot potato" (or Paul, Sarah, Joel, Denise ...)
It's also important to record that now, A) the work (installation of 12 Watts Profile and not Watts Profile Speed Humps) has been completed and B) the budget for the works is known and likely by now the invoices have been received from the Contractor PCL Contracting, and likely paid.
I find it incredulous that these questions cannot be answered. Perhaps each hump might have cost an embarrassing amount of coin.
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