– Submission Number 51
Climate Change Taranaki – Emily Bailey – Submission Number 52 (Zoom)
1.3 As NPDC have removed Wairau Road from their Long-Term Plan, all reference to it
will be removed from the RLTP.
1.4 Ms F Ritson, Taranaki Regional Council, spoke to the Officers report and a proposed
track-changes copy of Section 4 [Strategic Framework] of the Plan. The following
changes were made to the officer’s recommendations:
Headline targets – Improving Safety – A 40%
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Request to vary the Regional Land Transport Plan for Taranaki 2015-2021
Purpose: To enable the Regional Transport Committee of the Taranaki
Regional Council to consider a request for a variation to the Regional
Land Transport Plan for Taranaki 2015-21 (RLTP).
Requesting organisation: Stratford District Council
Contact person/s: Stephen Bowden, Roading Asset Manager
Variation request: Add a new project – Brecon Road Extension,
6.2 A number of matters were discussed by the Committee including:
Sealing SH43
Surface options SH3 between Smart Road and Vickers Road
Bell Block to Waitara – community consultation on options to improve road safety and
reduce traffic congestion – open days 6 and 7 December to share proposed plans
improvements to intersections – Airport Drive, De Havilland Drive and SH3/SH3A
Awakino Gorge to Mount Messenger project – assurance was provided that the Mt
Messenger
evening of 28 February and stayed
overnight at the house at 1358 Mokau Road on 8 March.
Purpose and scope of evidence
1.8 The principal purpose of my evidence is to outline the assessment I have
undertaken in regard to effects from discharges to air of odour from the
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operations at the RNZ composting plant. I have reviewed the evidence on
odour prepared by Mr Curtis on behalf of the applicant, and the section 42a
report from the Taranaki Regional
communities, as well as road users travelling between the regions.
Severe weather events and heavy goods vehicle accidents have resulted in frequent road closures
or restricted operation of the highway, contributing to negative perceptions of the route.
Particular sections of this state highway at risk are Mount Messenger, the Uruti Valley and
Awakino Gorge. These areas also have very poor cellular phone coverage which compounds
safety and operational issues when incidents do occur.
algae) is included
in this SEM periphyton reporting for the first time and covers the monitoring period 2010-
2014.
The results for SEM periphyton programme during the 2012/2013 monitoring year showed
that all 21 sites met the periphyton guidelines for thick mats and long filaments. For the
2013/2014 monitoring year, all sites met the guidelines for thick mats and 19 of 21 sites met
the guidelines for filaments. Kapoaiaia Stream at Cape Egmont and Waiongana Stream at
Devon Road breached the
little intervention.
During the period under review AA Contracting, Riddick, Wheeler, Downer (Dorset Road), Downer (South
Road), Gas and Plumbing, Smudgy and Taranaki Trucking all demonstrated a high level of environmental
and a high administrative performance with their resource consents.
During the year, Downer demonstrated a high level of environmental performance and a high level of
administrative performance with their Veale Road resource consent as defined in Section 1.1.5. However,
C B Clarke (Transport Services Manager)
P Ledingham (Communications Officer)
Mrs F Ritson (Policy Analyst)
Mrs K van Gameren (Committee Administrator)
Ms L Rowland (Digital Communications Co-ordinator)
Mrs R Smith (Transport Administrator)
Messrs D Langford (New Plymouth District Council)
S Bowden (Stratford District Council)
V Lim (South Taranaki District Council)
B Dowsett (NZ Transport Agency)
C McKegg (Safe Roads Alliance)
Ms J Stewart (NZ Transport Agency)
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Table 2: Southlink passenger and financial performance 2016/17 ....... 16
Table 3: Public transport services commerciality ratio league table for
2016/17 and 2015/16 .......................................................... 17
Table 4: Regional bus service performance measured by patronage ...... 17
Key acronyms used
AC Activity Class
AO Approved Organisation
ARRP Accelerated Regional Roading Package
BC Business Case
HPMV High Productivity
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Patea Barclay Road Very good Increasing No trend 4/4 4/4
Maketawa Denby Road Very good Increasing Increasing 4/4 4/4
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Kapoaiaia Wiremu Road Very good Decreasing Decreasing* 4/4 4/4
Kapoaiaia Wataroa Road Good Decreasing Decreasing 4/4 4/4
Waingongoro Opunake Road Very good Decreasing Decreasing 4/4 4/4
Waingongoro Stuart Road Very good Decreasing Decreasing 4/4 4/4
Manganui SH3 Very good Decreasing No