Dear Wellington City Council,

Earlier this month, the WCC released its Wellington Cycle Network Programme Business Case. Section 8.3 "Value for Money" of this business case states "The programme of works will result in a wide range of benefits ..."

Subsection 8.3.1 Benefit-Cost Analysis states "The Council undertook an initial programme level assessment of the transport related benefits of the proposed cycle network."

This section further states the following estimates were used as the basis for the business case benefit cost ratio of 2.5:

" * Health and environment benefits for new cyclists = $247 million; and
* Safety benefits for new and existing cyclists = $46 million.

Based on an indicative programme cost of $101 million, and allowing for additional annual operating costs for maintaining the cycle infrastructure, the indicative benefit cost ratio for implementing the cycle network programme has been conservatively estimated as 2.5 BCR"

I am interested in understanding the details of how the WCC calculated the above Benefit Cost Ratio for tis business case.

1) Can the WCC please provide a copy of the detailed calculations (including any and all formula) used to calculate the $101 million "indicative programme cost" ?

2) Can the WCC please provide a copy of the detailed calculations (including any and all formula) used to calculate the $247 million "Health and environment benefits for new cyclists" ?

3) Can the WCC please provide a copy of the detailed calculations (including any and all formula) used to calculate the $46 million "Safety benefits for new and existing cyclists" ?

4) Can the WCC please provide a copy of the detailed calculations (including any and all formula) used to combine the above estimates to the 2.5 BCR ?

If the requested information is held in electronic form, I would prefer it was provided in its complete and original electronic format (I would expect one or more spreadsheets would be provided).

Yours faithfully,

Tony Randle

Dear Wellington City Council,

On the 23rd of Februrary, I sent a request asking for some information from the WCC on how it calculated the Benefit Cost Ratio for the Cycling Programme business case.

I am yet to receive a substantive response to this information request. Can you please provide an update on when I may expect to receive the requested information ?

Yours sincerely,

Tony Randle

Dear Chris Brown,

This is not good from the WCC. The WCC now has a cycling proposal out for public consultation and the requested information was to be used to support a possible submission on it. Will I receive the requested information in time to analysis and incorporate it my submission before these close before submissions close on the 13th of April ?

When I submitted the FYI request, the WCC did respond by automatic email states "This email address is monitored daily. Your email will be assessed and actioned in due course". Seriously, what is the point of the WCC sending this automatic email response to LGOIMA requests if the WCC isn't doing what this email says ?

Regards,

Tony Randle

Dear Chris Brown,

Thank you for the WCC response to the request for the calculations used to support the Benefit Cost Ratio of the Wellington Cycle Network Programme Business Case.

The WCC response on part one fo the request stated:
"1. Cost of $101m:
For the purpose of the programme business case the $101m estimate is set out in Table 21 of the document."

My request asked: "1) Can the WCC please provide a copy of the detailed calculations (including any and all formula) used to calculate the $101 million indicative programme cost ?"

To eliminate any confusion with respect to my request, Table 21 provided in the report was already known when the request was made and I am really requesting for a copy of the detailed calculations (including any and all formula) used to calculate the $101 million as held in table 21 of the report ?

Can the WCC please outlined when I may expect to recieve this last element of the requested information ?

Yours sincerely,

Tony Randle