Clarification of conditions for AT to receive funding from NZTA for weed and vegetation control in the road corridor.
Hana Blackmore made this Official Information request to Auckland Transport
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From: Hana Blackmore
Dear Auckland Transport,
Would you please clarify your LGOIMA response in your letter of 16 September 2019 - (CAS-1147797-T1C5Q3) where you state:
"Auckland Transport must meet the following conditions to receive NZTA funding for weed and vegetation control:
• In urban areas, grass cutting to lawn standard or maintenance of alternative low-cost ground cover treatments in medians and traffic islands only ..."
This has been interpreted by Auckland Council officers to mean that NZTA funding in urban areas is ONLY provided for this grass cutting and ground cover treatments on medians and traffic islands and not for ANYTHING ELSE on the kerb and channel, footpaths or berms.
If this is correct, can you confirm that weed and vegetation control operations in urban areas with chemical, mechanical or thermal technologies etc is NOT ELIGIBLE for NZTA funding and therefore has to be wholly funded by Auckland Transport.
Yours faithfully,
Hana Blackmore
From: AT Official Information (AT)
Auckland Transport
Kia ora Hana,
Auckland Transport (AT) acknowledges receipt of your request for official
information dated 28 January about funding for weed and vegetation control
in the road corridor.
We hope to respond to your request as soon as possible, but not later than
1 March, which is 20 working days after the day your request was received.
If we aren’t able to respond to your request by then, we will notify you
of an extension of that timeframe.
Your case is being managed by Varsha who is one of our LGOIMA (Local
Government Official Information and Meetings Act) Business Partners. If
you have any further queries, you can contact the team on (09) 355 3553
during business hours, quoting Local Government Official Information
request number CAS-292173-H7P4P3.
Ngâ mihi,
Emma | Case Coordinator
Customer Care
20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland 1010|
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From: AT Official Information (AT)
Auckland Transport
Kia ora Hana
I’ve attached the official information you asked for
On 28/01/2021 you asked for information about funding for weed and
vegetation control.
I’ve attached a response from Mark Laing, who is our Executive General
Manager for Finance.
Should you believe that we have not dealt with your request appropriately,
you are able to make a complaint to the Office of the Ombudsman in
accordance with section 27(3) of the LGOIMA Act and seek an investigation
and review in regard to this matter.
You can contact the Ombudsman at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi
Varsha
LGOIMA Business Partner
Auckland Transport
20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland 1010
[2]www.at.govt.nz
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COVID-19 in our communities. [3]Find the latest information and advice
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go to the [4]Unite Against Covid-19 website.
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From: Hana Blackmore
Dear AT Official Information (AT),
Thank you for your reply in response to my request for clarification of conditions for Auckland Transport (AT) to receive funding from the NZTA for weed and vegetation control in the road corridor. Apologies for my delay in responding.
Thank you for your clarification and confirmation that NZTA funding is available in urban areas for not just medians and traffic islands, but footpaths and cycle paths as well. I note that except for these footpaths and cycle paths they EXCLUDE all maintenance of:
… the area between the kerb and the road reserve boundary in urban areas – this is not eligible for funding assistance except as described below in the conditions of funding for vegetation control.
Link here: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/planning-and-in...
This implies that there is NO FUNDING available from NZTA for any roadway kerb and channel work that you currently treat with glyphosate and other treatments. Would you please confirm, if:
(a) this is correct, and
(b) is there any other NZTA work category that Auckland Transport accesses for funding this kerb and channel work?
Yours sincerely,
Hana Blackmore
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Auckland Transport
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Kia ora Hana,
Auckland Transport (AT) acknowledges receipt of your further request for
official information dated 7 March 2021 about funding for roadway kerb and
channel.
We hope to respond to your request as soon as possible, but not later than
6 April 2021, which is 20 working days after the day your request was
received. If we aren’t able to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.
Your case is being managed by Nicole, who is one of our LGOIMA Business
Partners. If you have any further queries, you can contact the team on
(09) 355 3553 during business hours, quoting Local Government Official
Information request number CAS-318277-X2Q1T0.
Ngā mihi,
Pablo | Customer Care Coordinator
Customer Care – Case Management
Auckland Transport
Private Bag 92250, Auckland 1142
P 09 355 3553 | E [1][email address] or
[2][email address]
[3]www.at.govt.nz
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From: AT Official Information (AT)
Auckland Transport
Kia ora Hana,
I’ve attached the official information you asked for
On 7 March 2021 you asked for information about further funding
clarification on roadway kerb and channel work.
I’ve attached a letter from Mark Laing, Executive General Manager Finance,
in response.
Should you believe that we have not dealt with your request appropriately,
you are able to make a complaint to the Office of the Ombudsman in
accordance with section 27(3) of the LGOIMA Act and seek an investigation
and review in regard to this matter.
You can contact the Ombudsman at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
If you have any further queries, simply reply to this email leaving the
subject line as it is. We’ll make sure this information is added to your
case.
Ngā mihi
Nicole
LGOIMA Business Partner
Auckland Transport
20 Viaduct Harbour Avenue, Auckland 1010
[2]www.at.govt.nz
We all have an important part to play in helping to reduce the spread of
COVID-19 in our communities. [3]Find the latest information and advice
from Auckland Transport. For the latest news from the Ministry of Health
go to the [4]Unite Against Covid-19 website.
Important notice: The contents of this email and any attachments may be
confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you have received this
email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies
of the message and attachments; any use, disclosure or copying of this
message or attachments is prohibited. Any views expressed in this email
may be those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the
views of Auckland Transport.
References
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1. file:///tmp/www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
2. file:///tmp/www.at.govt.nz
3. https://at.govt.nz/COVID-19
4. https://covid19.govt.nz/
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