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BOARD PAPER
Paper no:
2018/03/1217
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Meeting date:
1 March 2018
Prepared by:
Brett Gliddon, Senior Manager System Design
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Recommended by:
Tommy Parker, General Manager System Design and Delivery
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Board function:
Significant planning, investment and operational matters
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Subject:
East West Link – Options Review
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It is recommended that the NZ Transport Agency
Board resolves to …
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Support further development of the emerging approach for progressing the
East West Link.
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East West Link – Status
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In July 2014, the NZ Transport Agency Board supported the East West Connections
Programme Business Case and approved funding to progress investigations
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The Board approved the Detailed Business Case in December 2015
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In July 2017, the NZ Transport Agency Board approved both property acquisition funding
and implementation funding (the latter approval subject to approval of the relevant
resource consent applications and Notices of Requirement by the Board of Inquiry, plus
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confirmation of the Benefit Cost Ratio prior to awarding a construction contract)
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The Board of Inquiry released its final decision on the East West Link on 23 January 2018;
which confirmed the designation and resource consents required to construct, operate,
and maintain a new road linking State Highway (SH) 20 at Onehunga to SH1 at
Mt Wel ington, including widening of SH1 between Mt Wel ington and Otahuhu
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Five appeals have been lodged with the High Court on the Board of Inquiry decision on the
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The Transport Agency is currently in the process of reviewing the appeals to understand
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the nature and extent of the legal arguments
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The Transport Agency has completed an options
review for the East West Link
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• The review has confirmed that while the transport problems remain, there are
opportunities to coordinate a whole of system approach
• This approach wil better deliver on the Government’s priorities by:
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resolving rail capacity constraints to deliver improved passenger service
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frequencies and freight reliability
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improving integration and reliability of access to road-rail freight interchanges
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providing additional connections between Waikaraka cycleway and the north
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co-ordinating infrastructure planning within an environmentally significant
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Further refinement is required, but an approach
is emerging that is more aligned with the
Government’s request and priorities
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A total transport system approach can be developed by co-ordinating and integrating rail
freight investment with road freight accessibility improvements, allowing the wider
corridor investment to be reduced and instead be focused on smaller scale improvements
at SH1, Southdown, and SH20
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This approach would focus in on the following key investments that are recommended for
further investigation:
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Take a mode neutral approach to developing more reliable access to and from the
road/rail interchange at Southdown, by providing rail capacity improvements and a
more direct road connection
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Complete currently disconnected sections of Auckland’s Cycle Network between
Onehunga, Penrose, and Otahuhu
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Provide transport choices to workers not well served by passenger transport
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Address liveability constraints in Onehunga, by developing the Galway Link as an
alternative to the constrained Neilson Street/Onehunga Mall intersection and
removing freight from a growing town centre
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Details pertaining to this emerging approach is outlined further on the following slides
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