30 September 2025
David Tripp
[FYI request #32229 email]
Tēnā koe David,
Request for Information – Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act (LGOIMA) 1987
We refer to your official information request dated 4 September 2025, seeking
information about a consent issued for a walking and cycling bridge over
Speedy’s Stream, immediately to the south of the Kennedy Good Bridge.
Specifically, you requested:
We have been informed by the Riverlink Al iance that a consent has
previously been issued by Hutt City Council for a walking and cycling
bridge over Speedy's Stream, immediately to the south of the Kennedy
Good Bridge.
We request please the date of this consent, any report prepared by Hutt
City Council on this application, and a copy of the consent conditions and
plans.
Answer:
Hutt City Council granted resource consent for a footbridge and shared path
from Carter Street to Hutt River Trial Carpark, on 16 April 2024.
30 Laings Road, Lower Hutt
Private Bag 31912, Lower Hutt 5040
/huttcitycouncil
0800 488 824
[email address]
www.huttcity.govt.nz
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Please find attached the ful consent decision report, which includes the consent
conditions and plans. This document contains al the information you requested
and has been released to you in full, without redaction.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this
response. Information about how to make a complaint is available at:
Office of
the Ombudsman - Complaints, or freephone 0800 802 602.
Please note that this response to your information request may be published on
Hutt City Council’s website:
Proactive releases - Hutt City Council. Ngā mihi nui
Rebekah van der Splinter
Senior Advisor, Official Information and Privacy
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