Advice on recent Crown investments

Barry Garrick made this Official Information request to KiwiRail

Response to this request is long overdue. By law KiwiRail should have responded by now (details and exceptions). The requester can complain to the Ombudsman.

From: Barry Garrick

Dear KiwiRail,

May I please have any advice/briefings/aide memoires to the Government prepared for the inclusion of Crown rail funding in Budget 2024? This should include, but is not limited to, any advice on funding needed for the 2024-27 rail network investment programme, the Auckland and Wellington metros, and track maintenance across the country.

I am particularly interested in what the outcomes are projected to be from the investments in budget 2024 and whether they match up with the NZ Rail Plan and the Government's commitment to a resilient and reliable network. So any materials that were given to any minister on the projected outcomes of potential levels of funding should be considered within scope please.

Yours faithfully,

Barry Garrick

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From: Dave Allard
KiwiRail

Good evening Barry

I'd like to acknowledge receipt of your official information request for information as per the below
We received your request on 1 July 2024, and will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 30 July 2024, i.e. the 20 working days after the day your request was received.
If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

I'll be looking after your request, so any questions please get in touch with me at this email address, or on the number below.

Cheers
Dave

Dave Allard  | Senior Government Relations Advisor
DDI: 027 201 8182
Level 4, Wellington Railway Station, Bunny Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 593, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
www.kiwirail.co.nz

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From: Barry Garrick

Dear Dave,

Just wanted to check in on this request as the response is now late under the Act. Happy to receive an extension if necessary but just wanted to make sure a response is indeed in the works.

Yours sincerely,

Barry Garrick

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From: Dave Allard
KiwiRail

Good evening Barry

Very sorry for the late response - I'm waiting to hear from a couple of external agencies around the release of Budget documents - and had hoped to hear from them sooner.
Would probably be best to apply an extension as I'm unsure of a timeframe for their responses at the moment.

Cheers
Dave

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From: Barry Garrick

Dear Dave,

Thanks for the update, will await to hear from you within or at the end of the 20 working extension days.

Yours sincerely,

Barry Garrick

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