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18 February 2022
Tim Adriaansen
[FYI request #17997 email]
REF: OIA-9260
Dear Tim
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email of 18 December 2021 requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Stuff.co.nz reported: "A Waka Kotahi spokeswoman said the agency undertook a
“thorough, detailed assessment” of a range of options to repurpose bridge lanes. That
included assessments of the costs and safety risks, as well as the operational, health
and wider network impacts and benefits of each of the options, she said."
Please provide all documents detailing this assessment and any report presenting it's
conclusions to Waka Kotahi, including information presented to any part of the
organisation and also any presentation or report provided to the board.
The following documents fall within the scope of your request and are enclosed:
1. I&D Committee paper: Auckland Harbour Bridge Walking and Cycling Event (23 November
2021).
2. I&D Committee paper: Auckland Harbour Bridge Walking and Cycling Event (15 December
2021).
3. Resolve – Auckland Harbour Bridge Shared Path Options Assessment, August 2021.
4. Northbound Walking & Cycling Event.
5. Southbound Walking & Cycling Event.
Some information has been withheld from Document 1 under section 9(2)(b)(ii) of the Act to protect
the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.
Certain information has been withheld from Document 3 under section 9(2)(a) of the Act. This section
allows for the withholding of information to protect the privacy of natural persons.
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to
withhold this information. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Please provide the minutes of the board meeting at which this information was received
by the board and a decision was made.
Minutes of Waka Kotahi Board meetings are made available on the Waka Kotahi website at
www.nzta.govt.nz/about-us/about-waka-kotahi-nz-transport-agency/our-board/board-meeting-
minutes/. I am therefore refusing this part of your request under section 18(d) of the Act because the
information you are requesting will soon be publicly available.
Any additional documents presented to the board which were referenced or utilised in
their decision regarding providing access for active modes to the Auckland Harbour
Bridge
No additional documents to those already mentioned were utilised. I am therefore refusing this part of
your request under section 18 (d) of the Act because the information does not exist.
As this was a policy decision regarding strategic asset management, was presented to
cabinet and has significant climate impacts, Waka Kotahi were legally required to
complete a Climate Implications of Policy Assessment (CIPA) before making this
decision.
As decisions relating to repurposing lanes on Auckland Harbour Bridge are matters for the Waka
Kotahi Board, a CIPA was not required. I am therefore refusing your request under section 18(e) of the
Act because the information you are requesting does not exist.
With respect to the information that has been withheld, I do not consider there are any other factors
which would render it desirable, in the public interest, to make the information available.
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to
withhold this information. The contact details for the Ombudsman can be located at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
If you would like to discuss this reply with Waka Kotahi, please contact Official Correspondence, by
email to [email address].
Yours sincerely
Neil Walker
National Manager Maintenance and Operations
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