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4 April 2023
Anon
[FYI request #22022 email]
REF: OIA-12171
Dear Anon
Request made under the Official Information Act 1982
Thank you for your email
of 7 March 2023 requesting the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Can you please provide a summary of all commercial vehicle permits issued to vehicles with a
gross weight of over 50 tonnes issued by year for the last 10 years.
Can you please sum these permits by weight bands, namely 50-55 tonnes, 55-60 tonnes and
over 60 tonnes.
Can you also please provide details of which routes these permits cover.
The information you have requested is not stored centrally or in a readily available format. We
consider that collating this information would amount to substantial collation and research and would
unreasonably interfere in Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s operations. Therefore, I am refusing
your request under section 18(f) of the Act.
However, to provide reasonable assistance to you, we are able to provide the below table outlining
how many Higher Mass Permits were issued between 2015 and 2022.
Year
Number of Higher Mass Permits
2015 3714
2016 5455
2017 5888
2018 5296
2019 8817
2020 10319
2021 9797
2022 10996
Under section 28 of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review my decision to refuse
this request. 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 Ministerial Services by email at
[email address]
Yours sincerely
Dylan Hunt
Senior Manager Safer Commercial Transport
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