29 July 2020
Tony Randle
[FYI request #13210 email]
REF: OIA-6845
Dear Tony
Extension of time to respond to request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email
of 1 July 2020 requesting information the following information under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1) Can LGWM please provide a copy of the 'intervention “toolbox” that identified over 150
different types of interventions that could address the problems and help to achieve the
investment objectives' as outlined in Section 4 of the Golden Mile Short List Report (June
2020)?
2) Can LGWM please provide a copy of the ' “root cause” analysis of the problems, which
resulted in identification of four key issues relating to dwell times, congestion, intersection
delay / variability, congestion delay / variability and pedestrian / urban amenity' as outlined in
Section 4 of the Golden Mile Short List Report (June 2020)?
3) Can LGWM please provide a copy of the tool that documented 'over 250 scenarios were
identified for the sub-sections of the Golden Mile' and the assessments by which LGWM
decided which scenarios 'it didn’t consider feasible or effective from further consideration'
resulting in 21 scenarios as outlined in Section 4 of the Golden Mile Short List Report (June
2020)?
4) Can LGWM please provide a copy of the assessment tool in which LGWM did 'further apply
the mitigation / intervention strategies to each of the 21 sub-sections' which 'led to the
identification of each scenario’s key features / attributes and enabled before and after cross
sections to be developed' as outlined in Section 4 of the Golden Mile Short List Report (June
2020)?
5) Can LGWM please provide a copy of the MCA scoring tool in which 'Each scenario sub-
section was then subjected to an MCA process' and 'As a consequence of the MCA
evaluation, nine further scenarios were removed, which left 12 sub-section scenarios
remaining for short list assessment' as outlined in Section 4 of the Golden Mile Short List
Report (June 2020)?
6) Can LGWM please provide a copy of the scoring in the '“decision making tree” as set out in
Figure 12.' where 'a number of sub-section scenarios from the Long List Report were able to
be ruled out' as outlined in Section 6 of the Golden Mile Short List Report (June 2020)?
7) Can LGWM please provide a copy of the detailed benefit calculations used to create 'Table 5
Net present value of short-listed corridor option benefits / disbenefits, 40-year evaluation, 6%
discount rate' on page 49 of the Golden Mile Short List Options Report?
8) Can LGWM please provide a copy of the detailed benefit calculations used to create 'Table 6:
Pedestrian realm benefits with alternative input assumptions ' on page 50 of the Golden Mile
Short List Options Report?
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is extending the 20 working days available to respond to your
request, as allowed for under section 15A of the Act. We require an additional five working days to
respond to your request. We will send you a response on or before 5 August 2020.
The deadline is being extended because of the consultations necessary to make a decision on your
request. A thorough response to your request cannot reasonably be made within the 20 working day
limit.
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to
extend this request. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
If you would like to discuss the extension with Waka Kotahi, please email
[NZTA request email].
Yours sincerely
Leisa Coley
Manager, Ministerial Services