Dear Mr Randle,

 

Acknowledgement of Request for Information under the Local Government
Official Information and Meetings Act 1987

 

Thank you for your email dated 23 November 2017, requesting information
regarding Crown business cases for the Wairarapa Line and removal of rail
network constraints.

 

Your request is being followed-up and a reply will be sent to you shortly.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mark Sutherland

 

 

for

Luke Troy

General Manager

Strategy

Greater Wellington Regional Council

 

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Dear Mr Randle

 

Please find attached three attachments to your OIA request 2017-144. 

 

1.     Inform request of transfer

2.     A copy of the transfer letter to Wellington Metro

3.     A copy of your request for information.

 

Yours sincerely

Sharon Hornal

 

Sharon Hornal | Executive Assistant to General Managers: Environment
Management and People and Customer Groups and Te Pou Whakarae, Te Hunga
Whiriwhiri

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Good morning Mr Randle

 

We acknowledge receipt of the attached Official Information Act 1982
request transferred to us by Greater Wellington Regional Council.

 

Under the Act, KiwiRail has up to 20 working days from the date of
receiving your request to respond.  Therefore, you can expect a response
on or before Wednesday 24 January 2018.

 

This calculation takes into account the Christmas statutory holiday and
Summer holiday as set out under the Act and on the Ombudsman’s website.

 

We will be in touch with you if it is necessary to clarify any aspect of
your request.

 

Regards,

Official Correspondence Unit

 

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Dear Mr Randle

Attached is a further response to OIA 2017-144 plus attachment.

 

Yours sincerely

Helen Plant

 

Helen Plant | Executive Assistant to Chair and General Manager Public
Transport
GREATER WELLINGTON REGIONAL COUNCIL
Te Pane Matua Taiao
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21 December 2017

 

Dear Mr Randle.

 

Official information request for information relating to Crown Business
Cases, transferred to KiwiRail on 5 December 2017, by Greater Wellington
Regional Council (GWRC).

We have retransferred question 5, “ Can I please have a copy of the
detailed patronage change calculation used to support each Crown business
case?” of your request to GWRC to respond to as this information is
believed to be held by GWRC.

In these circumstances, we are required by section 14 of the Official
Information Act 1982 to transfer your request.

You will hear further from GWRC concerning that aspect of your request.

 

Regards,

 

Official Correspondence Unit

 

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Dear Mr Randle,

 

We refer to your request for information which was transferred to KiwiRail
on 5 December 2017 in which you have requested the following:

 

“The General Managers' report to the Sustainable Transport Committee
meeting 31 October 2017 included the following statement:

4.1.3 Crown Business Cases
Two Crown business cases are being prepared jointly with KiwiRail for
submission to Ministry of Transport on 1 November. The first covers
KiwiRail network track infrastructure deferred renewals, which
predominantly affect the Wairarapa Line. The second business case is to
remove network constraints to enable increased capacity (more frequent and
longer trains) to operate principally on the Hutt and Kapiti lines.

1) Can I please have a copy of the Two Crown business cases submitted to
the Ministry of Transport?

Assuming these business cases include a Benefit Cost analysis:

2) Can I please have a copy of the Benefit Cost Ratio Calculation used to
support each Crown business case?

3) Can I please have a copy of the detailed benefits calculation used to
support each Crown business case?

4) Can I please have a copy of the detailed cost calculation used to
support each Crown business case?

5) Can I please have a copy of the detailed patronage change calculation
used to support each Crown business case?”

 

Your request as outlined above has been considered under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act). Our responses are as follows:

 

 

1) Can I please have a copy of the Two Crown business cases submitted to
the Ministry of Transport?

 

KiwiRail has decided that the business cases to which your request relates
are to be withheld pursuant to s9(2)(f)(iv). These documents have been
tendered to Government officials as part of a wider transport sector
process ahead of the 2018/19 Crown funding round. 

 

These documents are confidential and to release them at this point in time
would be likely to stifle the ability for Ministers, Officials and
agencies to consider the advice and to make funding decisions.

 

The information requested in questions 2-4 of your request is part of the
advice in these business cases and accordingly this information is also
withheld under s9(2)(f)(iv).

 

 

In relation to your last question:

 

5) Can I please have a copy of the detailed patronage change calculation
used to support each Crown business case?

 

This part of your request has been retransferred to Greater Wellington to
respond to, as this information is more closely connected with the
functions of that agency.

 

Under s28(3) of the Act, you have the right to seek an investigation and
review of this response by way of complaint to the Ombudsman. Refer to
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz for more information.

 

Yours sincerely

KiwiRail

 

Level 4, Wellington Railway Station, Bunny Street, Wellington 6011 | PO
Box 593, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

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