Tēnā koe Harrison,

 

Thank you for your email today following up on your Local Government
Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA) request submitted
through FYI.org on 1 February 2025.

 

Unfortunately, our organisation did not appear to have received this
LGOIMA, and we had no record of the request.

 

Upon further investigation, we have found that the original message had
been blocked and marked as SPAM from our cybersecurity software. We have
now retrieved the original request and wish to apologise for the late
response. You should have received this information on 3 March 2025, this
was not achieved within the legislative timeframe and does not meet the
level of service which we pride ourselves on.

 

In order to try and stop this from happening again, we have highlighted
the issue with our Digital unit and logged an internal service request to
look into why this has happened. They will investigate what caused the
email to be blocked and see if there is anything that can be done to
ensure that all FYI tickets clear the cyber security system in the future.

 

Christchurch City Council will always provide acknowledgement that we have
received a request upon receipt. In future, if you do not receive
acknowledgement from our organisation or have heard nothing at all
regarding a request for 10 working days, please feel free to email our
team directly at [1][Christchurch City Council request email] so that we can
investigate.

 

Release of information

On 1 February 2025, you requested the following information:

 

I am requesting the final line budgets for the following completed
projects.

 

- UniCycle Cycleway

- Northern Line Cycleway

- Heathcote Express Cycleway

- Quarrymans Trail Cycleway

- South Express Cycleway (City to Hornby section)

- Nor'West Arc Cycleway (Cashmere - Annex Road and Annex Road - Jellie
Park sections)

- Southern Lights Cycleway (Tennyson Street section)

- Rapanui Shag Rock Cycleway

 

If the line budget is unavailable for a project, please break down the
total costs for that project into the following categories

 

- Cycleway construction

- Water, Stormwater, and Sewage works

- Road resurfacing

- Traffic management

- External costs to other agencies

- Safety upgrades unrelated to the cycleway construction

- Land acquisition and easements

- Design and planning

- Signage and markings

- Lighting and Electrical

- Urban design and landscaping

- Bridges and structures

- Contingencies and project management

- Contamination investigation and remediation

 

Please find attached an excel document detailing the cost to date (4 March
2025) for all completed projects requested, broken down by section.

 

Please note that any further breakdown of the costs into the categories
requested would not be possible as we do not collect or hold financial
information related to individual projects in this way. The financial
information collected for each project is provided based on the contracts
with various contractors involved. This differs between contracts and
contractors. While the information may be able to be collated into the
above categories for some of the projects requested, it would be a manual
process to collate and the breakdown may be withheld under section
7(2)(b)(ii) of the LGOIMA, to protect the commercial position of the
person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.

 

You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review our
decision. Complaints can be sent by email to
[2][email address].

 

Publication of responses to LGOIMA requests

Please note: our LGOIMA responses may be published on the Christchurch
City Council website a month after they have been responded to, with
requesters’ personal details withheld. If you have any concerns about
this, please contact the Official Information team on
[3][Christchurch City Council request email].

 

Nāku noa iti, nā

 

Jess Griffin
Official Information Advisor
Te Ratonga Ture me te Manapori - Legal & Democratic Services

 

 

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Tēnā koe Harrison,

 

Thank you for your request for information.

 

We are handling your request under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). We have forwarded it to the
appropriate Christchurch City Council staff.

 

We note your request for this information to be provided under urgency
with enough time for you to submit on the Draft Annual Plan 2025/26
consultation which closes on the 28 March 2025. Staff will endeavour to
provide the information before this date. 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 queries, please feel free to contact me using the
reference 1321786. If any additional factors come to light which are
relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact me so that
these can be taken into account.

 

If you have not had a reply within 10 working days, please email
[1][Christchurch City Council request email]  

 

Nāku noa iti, nā

 

Jess Griffin
Official Information Advisor
Te Ratonga Ture me te Manapori - Legal & Democratic Services

 

 

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

From: Harrison McEvoy <[2][FOI #29951 email]>

Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2025 10:35 am

To: Official Information <[3][email address]>

Subject: Re: 1321484 | Line Budgets for Completed Cycleway Projects |
McEvoy

 

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Tēnā koe Jess,

 

Thank you for your response. I am requesting clarification on the previous
request.

 

Please provide all data submitted by the Christchurch City Council (CCC)
to the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) via Transport Investment Online
that involves Cycleways (including related road or rail investment) in the
past five years. CCC must hold the requested information (or a comparable
dataset) under Section 24(3) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003.

 

Please consider this request a high priority.

 

Its contents could inform submissions to the CCC Annual Plan 2025/26 and
be an important factor in the Local Government Elections 2025. This
request intends to find out the proportion of expenditure that is not
spent on non-cycleway infrastructure as part of the cycleway programme.
This information is in the public interest as it will ensure that the CCC
ratepayer is not being deliberately misled on the expenditure costs of
cycleways.

 

Also, please note that the Ombudsman has noted that the disclosure of such
commercial information is part of doing business with a public sector
organisation in New Zealand. The Ombudsman has also considered there is
substantial countervailing public interest in the availability of
information about costs of products and services procured by local and
central government agencies.

 

The Ombudsman has expressed the opinion that the interest of withholding
total costs under Section 7(2)(b)(ii) of the Act is outweighed by public
interest in the availability of cost information to promote the
accountability and transparency of an authority.
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Please inform me if this request requires clarification.

 

Nāku iti nei, nā,

 

Harrison McEvoy

 

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

 

Tēnā koe Harrison,

 

 

 

Thank you for your email today following up on your Local Government 
Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA) request submitted 
through FYI.org on 1 February 2025.

 

 

 

Unfortunately, our organisation did not appear to have received this 
LGOIMA, and we had no record of the request.

 

 

 

Upon further investigation, we have found that the original message had 
been blocked and marked as SPAM from our cybersecurity software. We have 
now retrieved the original request and wish to apologise for the late 
response. You should have received this information on 3 March 2025, this 
was not achieved within the legislative timeframe and does not meet the 
level of service which we pride ourselves on.

 

 

 

In order to try and stop this from happening again, we have highlighted 
the issue with our Digital unit and logged an internal service request to 
look into why this has happened. They will investigate what caused the 
email to be blocked and see if there is anything that can be done to 
ensure that all FYI tickets clear the cyber security system in the future.

 

 

 

Christchurch City Council will always provide acknowledgement that we
have  received a request upon receipt. In future, if you do not receive 
acknowledgement from our organisation or have heard nothing at all 
regarding a request for 10 working days, please feel free to email our 
team directly at [1][Christchurch City Council request email] so that we
can  investigate.

 

 

 

Release of information

 

On 1 February 2025, you requested the following information:

 

 

 

I am requesting the final line budgets for the following completed 
projects.

 

 

 

- UniCycle Cycleway

 

- Northern Line Cycleway

 

- Heathcote Express Cycleway

 

- Quarrymans Trail Cycleway

 

- South Express Cycleway (City to Hornby section)

 

- Nor'West Arc Cycleway (Cashmere - Annex Road and Annex Road - Jellie 
Park sections)

 

- Southern Lights Cycleway (Tennyson Street section)

 

- Rapanui Shag Rock Cycleway

 

 

 

If the line budget is unavailable for a project, please break down the 
total costs for that project into the following categories

 

 

 

- Cycleway construction

 

- Water, Stormwater, and Sewage works

 

- Road resurfacing

 

- Traffic management

 

- External costs to other agencies

 

- Safety upgrades unrelated to the cycleway construction

 

- Land acquisition and easements

 

- Design and planning

 

- Signage and markings

 

- Lighting and Electrical

 

- Urban design and landscaping

 

- Bridges and structures

 

- Contingencies and project management

 

- Contamination investigation and remediation

 

 

 

Please find attached an excel document detailing the cost to date (4 March

2025) for all completed projects requested, broken down by section.

 

 

 

Please note that any further breakdown of the costs into the categories 
requested would not be possible as we do not collect or hold financial 
information related to individual projects in this way. The financial 
information collected for each project is provided based on the contracts 
with various contractors involved. This differs between contracts and 
contractors. While the information may be able to be collated into the 
above categories for some of the projects requested, it would be a manual 
process to collate and the breakdown may be withheld under section

7(2)(b)(ii) of the LGOIMA, to protect the commercial position of the 
person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.

 

 

 

You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review our 
decision. Complaints can be sent by email to  [2][email address].

 

 

 

Publication of responses to LGOIMA requests

 

Please note: our LGOIMA responses may be published on the Christchurch 
City Council website a month after they have been responded to, with 
requesters’ personal details withheld. If you have any concerns about 
this, please contact the Official Information team on  [3][Christchurch
City Council request email].

 

 

 

Nāku noa iti, nā

 

 

 

Jess Griffin

Official Information Advisor

Te Ratonga Ture me te Manapori - Legal & Democratic Services

 

 

 

 

 

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Tçnâ koe Harrison,

 

On 5 March 2025 you requested the following information, under the Local
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA):

 

Please provide all data submitted by the Christchurch City Council (CCC)
to the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) via Transport Investment Online
that involves Cycleways (including related road or rail investment) in the
past five years. CCC must hold the requested information (or a comparable
dataset) under Section 24(3) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003.

 

Release of information

The information you have requested is not divided into Cycleways
(including related road or rail investment). This would require us to
search though thousands of items. We are declining your request under the
following section of the LGOIMA: 17(f) the information requested cannot be
made available without substantial collation or research.

 

You have the right to request the Ombudsman to review this decision.
Complaints can be sent by email to [1][email address], by fax
to (04) 471 2254, or by post to The Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington
6143.

 

Publication of responses to LGOIMA requests

Please note: our LGOIMA responses may be published on the Christchurch
City Council website a month after they have been responded to, with
requesters’ personal details withheld. If you have any concerns about
this, please contact the Official Information team on
[2][Christchurch City Council request email].

 

Nâku noa, nâ,

 

Keely Shaw
Information Advisor
Te Ratonga Ture me te Manapori - Legal & Democratic Services

 

 

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Tēnā koe Harrison,

 

This would involve looking through thousands of items which would make any
cost unreasonable. Therefore, we cannot justify a charge in this case.

 

Nāku noa, nā,

 

 

Keely Shaw
Information Advisor
Te Ratonga Ture me te Manapori - Legal & Democratic Services

 

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Harrison McEvoy <[FOI #29951 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 2025 3:08 pm
To: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Re: 1321786 | All data | CCC to NZTA | Cycleways | McEvoy

 

Tēnā koe Keely,

 

Thank you for your response.

 

Is it possible for you to provide a quote for this work to be undertaken?
I am prepared to pay reasonable costs to acquire this information.

 

Nāku iti nei, nā,

 

Harrison McEvoy

 

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

 

Tçnâ koe Harrison,

 

 

 

On 5 March 2025 you requested the following information, under the Local 
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA):

 

 

 

Please provide all data submitted by the Christchurch City Council (CCC) 
to the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) via Transport Investment
Online  that involves Cycleways (including related road or rail
investment) in the  past five years. CCC must hold the requested
information (or a comparable

dataset) under Section 24(3) of the Land Transport Management Act 2003.

 

 

 

Release of information

 

The information you have requested is not divided into Cycleways 
(including related road or rail investment). This would require us to 
search though thousands of items. We are declining your request under the 
following section of the LGOIMA: 17(f) the information requested cannot
be  made available without substantial collation or research.

 

 

 

You have the right to request the Ombudsman to review this decision.

Complaints can be sent by email to [1][email address], by fax  to (04) 471
2254, or by post to The Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington  6143.

 

 

 

Publication of responses to LGOIMA requests

 

Please note: our LGOIMA responses may be published on the Christchurch 
City Council website a month after they have been responded to, with 
requesters’ personal details withheld. If you have any concerns about 
this, please contact the Official Information team on  [2][Christchurch
City Council request email].

 

 

 

Nâku noa, nâ,

 

 

 

Keely Shaw

Information Advisor

Te Ratonga Ture me te Manapori - Legal & Democratic Services

 

 

 

 

 

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