Caitlin McInnarney
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Jurgita Klein; Graham O'Connell
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Re: AHB OIA, report response
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Hi Jurgita,
The table and graph below are from s 9(2)(a) Phase 1 report dated June 2021. Level 4 demand reduction is the
highest that s 9(2)(a) assumed, and the one which would produce the closest to “neutral” effect. The area in green is
the Level 4 (highest) demand reduction assumed in the June 2021 report. Doing some rough maths, that green area
over the duration of the day is approximately 17,000 vehicles, and the numbers in the table add up to 18,850 per
day. Note that these figures are for weekdays, it’s less on the weekends, which is why the number was rounded
down to 17,000 vehicles.
s 9(2)(a) number (which s 9(2)(a) is referring to as "coincidental") came from the Phase 2 report, which was produced
after the November 2021 I&D report.
Given there's no other source of information to rely on to include the 17,000 number in the I&D report, the above
must be where the 17,000 number originated.
Please let me know if you have any questions!
Cheers,
s 9(2)(a)
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Sent: Monday, July 11, 2022 6:05 PM
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@asm.nzta.govt.nz>; Graham O'Connell <[email address]>;
s 9(2)(a)
@resolvegroup.co.nz>; s 9(2)(a)
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Subject: Re: AHB OIA, report response
Guys,
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I added section 7 to the phase 2 report before s 9(2)(a) approved its release last week - this provides a
method for estimating similar levels of demand reduction - so i think this covers off what Graham is asking
for.
I have just reviewed this section of the report again this afternoon and modified one assumption to make
the graph (figure 51) a little more conservative for the 1-lane option.
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s 9(2)(a) the numbers you identified from the phase 1 report do add up to 17,000 - but as i explained to
s 9(2)(a) last week this is actually a coincidence as:
This level of demand reduction was only applied to the 2-lane option - the original 17,000 figure
was in relation to a loss of 1-lane only.
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I remember seeing the 17,000 figure in the press before we had completed the phase 1 report - so
the table you are referring to hadn't been circulated at the time
Thanks,
s 9(2)(a)
s 9(2)(a) / Technical Advisor Traffic Engineering and Optimisation
Auckland System Management
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Subject: RE: AHB OIA, report response
Team,
Happy if s 9(2)(a)supports the summarisation of the technical outcome. Information
Regards,
s 9(2)(a)
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Subject: RE: AHB OIA, report response
Great work s 9(2)(a)
Kathryn has recalled the first version of the paper was drafted by Rosie Doherty in Neil Walker’s team, Rosie worked
under
with Neil on the Resolve commission.
Rosie has no direct access to modelling / model ers I am aware of for pulling in information outside of the area of
work we are aware of.
Out of Scope
, but I think Rosie took info from the June work and
generalised into the Nov paper 2021.
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To close this out are the ASM able to write a mythology to respond to the OIA question the customer has asked.
Its not the best outcome, but I think we as answering the question as honestly as we can.
I will have a conversation with the Ministerial Office to explain where we are and see if a cover note can be included
to explain the limitation of the answer.
Please let me know if you are happy with this path forward
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Subject: RE: AHB OIA, report response
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Hi everyone!
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Assuming we’re trying to figure out where the 17,000 came from in November 2021 I&D report:
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I believe this could be where it originated:
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The above table and graph are from s 9(2)(a) first report dated June 2021. Level 4 demand reduction is the highest
that s 9(2)(a) assumed, and the one which would produce the closest to “neutral” effect. The area in green is the Level
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4 (highest) demand reduction assumed in the June 2021 report. Doing some VERY rough maths, that green area
over the duration of the day is approximately 17,000 vehicles, and the numbers in the table add up to 18,850 per
day. Note that these figures are for weekdays, it’s less on the weekends, which could be why the number was
rounded down to 17,000 vehicles.
Thoughts?
Cheers,
s 9(2)(a)
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No I don't I'm afraid. I think I may have originally heard it through the media.
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s 9(2)(a) do you have visibility of the origin of the number from 2021, what report it was in or whom could give us a
lead?
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Actually, this is not what is being asked about. This 17,000 figure only came up as part of our phase 2
analysis in Feb this year. The original figure was from way back earlier in 2021 - before we had done any of
our analysis, and in relation to the 1-lane option, not the 2-lane.
Just coincidence that one of our demand reduction levels used for the 2-lane analysis is also 17,000.
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Auckland System Management
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Can you confirm this number was generated by s 9(2)(a)and not quoted from somewhere else.
It this is the case, can ASM provide an answer to the question from the customer.
I think what would be helpful is if the ASM define how they are defining the question is there is any ambiguity or
option for interpretation (I see it as somewhat open ended).
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I suggest the definition is tight given the repeated OIAs on this as answers to questions appears to generate more
questions.
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Graham has made contact around solving the OIA on the "17,000". It appears to come from the exec
sumary, p3, as below.
AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE ACTIVE MODE PROVISION – TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT PHASE 2 s 9(2)(a)
20 JUNE 2022 REVISION 3
Regards,
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