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Thursday 8 June 2023, 10.30am
Regional Transport Committee - Cover
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Regional Transport Committee
08 June 2023 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Agenda Topic Page
1. Cover 1
2. Karakia 3
3. Apologies
4. Confirmation of Minutes - 1 March 2023 4
5. Confirmation of Minutes Regional Transport Advisory Group - 24 May and 5 April 2023 9
6. Minutes State Highway 3 Working Group (SH3WG) 24
7. Regional Land Transport Plan review 29
More trips are being taken on buses in the region with new figures from Taranaki Regional Council showing an 18% rise in public transport patronage in 2023. The data reveals buses in Taranaki carried a total of 744,037 passengers across 42,973 bus trips last year, showcasing the community's growing reliance on public transport. The year also saw the Transit app, a free real-time bus journey and planning tool, go from strength to strength and continue to gain popularity among bus users, boasting
centre of the country.
The region is exploring alternative energy options in response to climate
change.
Land transport
infrastructure is
vulnerable to
weather events, and
such events will
become more
frequent and severe
with the impacts of
climate change
(refer Section 2.6).
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Regional Land Transport Plan for Taranaki 2021-27 Page 5
Figure 3: Major landforms of Taranaki
2.2 Regional economy
A notable
Permit 81 Lower Kahui Road, Rahotu Pungaereere
25-03604-3.0 R2/3604-3.0 Moyra Kathleen Grey 1-Sep-25 Replacement for expiring consent To discharge farm dairy effluent onto land Discharge Permit 205 Tipoka Road, Rahotu Unnamed catchment 42
25-09989-1.3 R2/9989-1.3 Greymouth Petroleum Turangi Limited 1-Sep-25 Change of consent conditions
To discharge treated stormwater from hydrocarbon exploration and production operations at the Turangi-D wellsite, onto land and into an unnamed tributary of
the
long-term vision for
freshwater.
b) notes that Council officers will be undertaking further engagement with iwi authorities
and stakeholders to confirm and explore the findings of the first phase of engagement.
Background
10. In 2020, the Council commenced a statutory review of its Regional Policy Statement for
Taranaki 2010 (RPS) as part of a broader review of the regional plans for freshwater, air
and soil. The review and subsequent development of a new RPS is to be incorporated
into
service
on roads being used for logging traffic.
19. Action Four – Longer term investigations
• Identifying future risks to land transport resilience and reliability from forestry impacts.
• Investigating longer notification requirements of harvesting and haulage routes to RCAs to enable
them to more proactively plan for the impacts on the affected roads.
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• Exploring what opportunities exist for
granted by the
Taranaki Regional Council
Name of
Consent Holder:
Matahio NZ Onshore Limited
Decision Date
(Change):
5 August 2014
Commencement Date
(Change):
5 August 2014 (Granted Date: 11 February 2010)
Conditions of Consent
Consent Granted: To discharge treated stormwater and production water from
hydrocarbon exploration and production operations at the
Sidewinder wellsite into the Piakau Stream
Expiry Date: 1 June 2027
Site
The Minister for Transport has responsibilities for certain levels of oil
spill response – administered by Maritime NZ. Biosecurity provisions are governed under the
Biosecurity Act 1993 administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Biosecurity NZ.
Management of crown minerals, such as oil and gas, and the granting of permits for prospecting,
exploring and mining crown minerals is undertaken by the Ministry of Economic Development.
Regional councils prepare coastal plans
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TWN Ltd Partnership
Waihapa Production Station
Monitoring Programme
Annual Report
2022-2023
Technical Report 2023-42
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Taranaki Regional Council
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Stratford
ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online)
Document: 3190263 (Word)
Document: 3232642 (Pdf)
March 2024
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TWN Ltd Partnership
Waihapa Production Station
Monitoring Programme
Annual Report
2022-2023
representation of injection wells for both waste
discharge and enhanced oil recovery is presented in Figure 1.
Further details regarding hydrocarbon exploration and
production in Taranaki, the DWI process and its history within the
region can be found in previous compliance reports published by
the Council (see Bibliography).
Resource consents
Sections 15(1)(b) and (d) of the RMA stipulate that no person may
discharge any contaminant onto land if it may then enter water,
or from any