Tēnā koe,

Thank you for contacting us. Your request has been logged under the Local
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

We will respond to your request as soon as possible and in any case no
later than within 20 working days.  

You can also call us freephone 0800 932 463. Please quote Request No.
OIA241082 if you require any further information.

If you would like to notify us about anything further regarding this
matter, you can reply to this email.

Ngā mihi,

Whangarei District Council

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Tēnā koe Ms Woods,

 

I refer to your request of 29 January 2024 for “a copy of the Cost Benefit
Analysis that was done when Council instigated the Roadside Maintenance
Programme that sees the blanket spraying of roadsides with agrichemicals”.

 

Your request was referred to the Northland Transportation Alliance,
council’s Roading Department for consideration.

 

Council has been using agrichemical sprays to maintain roadside berm for
at least 25 years but has no record of a cost benefit analysis being
undertaken over that time.

 

The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act allows any
member of the public to request official information held by council.
However, for the Act to apply, the information must be held by council. 
This aspect of your request is refused under section 17(g) of the Act on
the basis that it is not a request for information held by council. 

 

I hope this information is of some assistance in responding to your
request. If you believe we have not responded appropriately to your
request, you have the right by way of complaint, under section 27(3) of
the Act, to apply to the Ombudsman to seek an investigation and review of
the decision.

 

 

Jeff Devine

Strategy & Planning Manager | Northland Transportation Alliance

P 09 430 4200 | DDI 09 4304226 | M 0274543292 | E
[email address]

 

 

 

 

 

 

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