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18 October 2021
Jonathan Brewer
[FYI request #16812 email]
REF: OIA-8821
Dear Jonathan
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email of 20 September 2021 requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Please release any information about telecommunications, ITS, or other utility ducts along the
Transmission Gully Motorway.
This should include the number of ducts, linear kilometres of ducts, whether any ducts were
outfitted with subduct, number of vaults or chambers, cost of the works, and how costs were
apportioned (i.e. entirely to utility operators, split between operators, etc.).
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is extending the 20 working days available to us to respond to your
request as allowed for under section 15A of the Act. We need four more working days to respond to
your request. We wil send you our response on or before 22 October 2021.
The deadline is being extended because of the additional consultations currently underway which are
necessary to make a decision on your request, in-part due to the work resulting from the Alert Level 4
lockdown and the impact on projects such as Transmission Gully. 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 complain to the Ombudsman about the extension.
More information about the Ombudsman is available online at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
If you would like to discuss this reply with Waka Kotahi or to set up a meeting to discuss this topic
further, please contact the Ministerial Services team by email to [email address].
Yours sincerely
Jurgita Klein
Manager – Ministerial Services