Unredacted copy of light rail cost report
Andrew Riddell made this Official Information request to Minister of Transport
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From: Andrew Riddell
Dear Minister of Transport,
On 9 November 2016 my request about an assertion that light rail projects can have significant cost overruns was transferred to you for answering.
On 1 December a heavily redacted document was sent to me, with the claim that the redactions were made because those parts of the diocument were out of scope.
This is taking a very narrow view of the purposes and principle of availability set out in the Official Information Act.
The effect of those redactions is that the assertion that light rail projects can have signficiant cost overruns cannot be placed in a proper context. I do not accept, therefore, that those redacted parts of the document were out of scope.
I now request a complete unredacted copy of the Briefing to Minister of Transport titled "Cost and Financing of Light Rail Projects" dated 5 February 2015.
I expect you will be able to provide this information in signficiantly less time than the 20 working days it took to provide the redacted version of the report.
I confirm I am a New Zealand citizen resident in New Zealand.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Riddell
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From: Alex Taylor
Good morning Andrew,
Please find attached your OIA acknowledgement.
Kind regards,
Alex Taylor
Private Secretary | Office of Hon Simon Bridges
Minister of Energy and Resources | Minister of Transport | Deputy Leader of the House
Associate Minister for Climate Change Issues | Associate Minister of Justice | Member of Parliament for Tauranga
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Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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From: Zara Awatere
Good Afternoon
Please find a response attached from the office of Hon Simon Bridges
regarding your Official Information Act request.
Kind regards
Zara Awatere| Administration Private Secretary – Transport
Office of Hon Simon Bridges | Minister of Transport
Beehive, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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