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City Rail Link Notice of Requirement: Section 198D Report Mt Eden City Rail Link Notice of Requirement for an alteration to Auckland Transport Designation 1714 (City Rail Link Designation 3 and 6) and KiwiRail Designation 6300 to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) Section 198D Report 10 May 2017 Mt Eden Station Notice of Requirement Alteration to CRL Designation 3 and 6, and KiwiRail Designation 6300 City Rail Link Notice of Requirement for an alteration to Auckland Transport Designation 1714 (City Rail Link Designation 3 and 6) and KiwiRail Designation 6300 to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) Section 198D Report Mt Eden Station Notice of Requirement Alteration to CRL Designation 3 and 6, and KiwiRail Designation 6300 Report preparation This report has been prepared by Chris Scrafton, Lead Reporting Planner and Principal Planner (MWH, now part of Stantec) with assistance from the Reporting Team, being Megan Couture, Planner (MWH, now part of Stantec) and Matt Spiro, Principal Planner, Central and South (Auckland Council). This Report has been reviewed and approved by Joao Machado, Team Leader Planning, Central and South (Auckland Council). Reports and/or comments have been received from the following Council Officers and external consultants with respect to this application: A Transportation review by Council’s consultant transport planner, Gavin O’Connor (MWH, now part of Stantec) – Appendix G, and; An Acoustic and Vibration Effects review by Council’s consultant acoustic engineer, Jon Styles (Styles Group – Acoustic and Vibration Consultants) – Appendix H; An Arboricultural review by Council’s Manager Regional Specialists, Community Facilities, Bruce Edwards – Appendix I; Mt Eden Station Notice of Requirement Alteration to CRL Designation 3 and 6, and KiwiRail Designation 6300 Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 5 2 Proposed alterations ........................................................................................................ 12 3 Submissions ...................................................................................................................... 18 4 Statutory assessment framework ..................................................................................... 24 5 Assessment of Alternatives ............................................................................................... 26 6 Reasonable Necessity of Project for achieving Objectives ................................................. 32 7 Assessment of Effects ....................................................................................................... 38 8 Mana Whenua Values ....................................................................................................... 40 9 Transportation .................................................................................................................. 42 10 Noise and vibration .......................................................................................................... 51 11 Amenity Effects................................................................................................................. 55 12 National, regional and district policy assessment ............................................................. 58 13 Other matters ................................................................................................................... 67 14 Conditions ........................................................................................................................ 69 15 Part 2 (Purpose and Principles) of the RMA ...................................................................... 77 16 Recommendation ............................................................................................................. 80 Mt Eden Station Notice of Requirement Alteration to CRL Designation 3 and 6, and KiwiRail Designation 6300 1 Introduction Notices of Requirement 1.1 On 17 November 2016, Auckland Council (Council) received Auckland Transport’s notice of their requirement for alterations to City Rail Link (CRL) Designations 3 and 6 in the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) (AUP), and KiwiRail’s notice of its requirement for an alteration to the North Auckland Line (NAL) Designation in the AUP.1 These alterations are required to enable the construction, operation and maintenance of the CRL and NAL lines in the vicinity of Mt Eden Station. 1.2 Broadly speaking, the NoRs seek to: a) extend the strata protection designation (Designation 3) beneath the Designation 5; b) remove the requirement for a grade-separated crossing at Porters Avenue; c) extend the designation boundary to provide for additional construction support areas; d) enable the removal of trees along Boston Road; e) provide for alternative access at 32 Normanby Road; and f) amend the NAL Designation to enable the realignment of the NAL. 1.3 The reasons for these alterations and the project history is set out below in paragraphs 1.5 to 1.15, and the scope of the proposed alterations is discussed in detail in section 2 of this Report. 1.4 The NoRs were received from Auckland Transport (AT) and KiwiRail as a joint application. For the purposes of this Report, the three NoRs are generally treated as one application, and are referred to as the “application.” Project History 1.5 The CRL project is identified in the Auckland Plan (2010) as one of three transport projects critical to Auckland’s future growth, and is the top priority transport project for Auckland.2 The CRL project currently provides for the construction, operation and maintenance of a 3.4km underground passenger railway between Britomart Station and the NAL in the vicinity of the existing Mt Eden Station, and includes the construction of two tracks, three new stations in the vicinity of Aotea Station, Karangahape Road, and in the vicinity of Symonds Street, Dundonald Street, and New North Road, as well as modifications to Britomart Station. 1 CRL Designation No. 1714; KiwiRail NAL Designation No. 6300 in the AUP 2 Paragraph 756; Box 13.2 “the City Rail Link” Page 5 of 80 Mt Eden Station Notice of Requirement Alteration to CRL Designation 3 and 6, and KiwiRail Designation 6300 1.6 As stated in the Auckland Plan, the CRL will: a) address congestion in the central city road network and support the Auckland Plan target of 69% of trips to the city centre being by public transport; b) result in a train every five to ten minutes from most Auckland stations due to the linkage of Britomart and the existing western line near Mt Eden Station; and c) facilitate new commercial and residential development, and access to employment and educational opportunities not just for the city centre, but for all communities on the rail network. 1.7 The CRL is also identified by AT as being a key project in achieving an integrated transport programme to keep Auckland moving as the city grows over the next 30 years. 1.8 Following a series of investigations into the CRL, AT gave notice of their requirement (NoR) in 2013 for a series of surface and sub-strata designations for works to construct and operate the CRL project. The CRL was heard by Independent Commissioners between August and November 2013, and at the beginning of March 2014. A decision was made in 2015 to confirm the six individual CRL Designations as follows: a) Designation 1 (“Aotea Station”) – between the Britomart Transport Centre (Britomart) and Albert Street / Mayoral Drive (in the vicinity of the Aotea Centre car parking entrance on Mayoral Drive); b) Designation 2 – a sub-strata designation that relates to the land below the ground surface (under the road reserve and private property) between Mayoral Drive and New North Road, Newton; c) Designation 3 – a protection designation that relates to the land 5m below the ground surface (strata) between Mayoral Drive and New North Road, Newton; d) Designation 4 (“Karangahape Station”) – relates to land within and in the vicinity of Pitt Street, Beresford Street, Karangahape Road, and Mercury Lane; e) Designation 5 (“Newton Station”) - relates to land within and in the vicinity of Symonds Street, Dundonald Street, and New North Road; and f) Designation 6 - relates to that part of the CRL project generally between New North Road, Mt Eden Road and Boston Road in the north, and the NAL in the south. It also includes land located on the southern side and adjacent to the NAL between Normanby Road and Mt Eden Road and to the immediate east and west of Porters Avenue. Page 6 of 80 Mt Eden Station Notice of Requirement Alteration to CRL Designation 3 and 6, and KiwiRail Designation 6300 Investigations and design refinements 1.9 It is my understanding that a number of issues have arisen during the development of the CRL Concept Design, which has been subject to ongoing refinements as part of the CRL Reference Design stage. These issues, which are identified and discussed in Appendix B to the application, and the multi-criteria assessment (MCA) provided by AT3 are summarised in the table below. Table 1-1: Summary of Issues identified during CRL Reference Design Stage Matters to be Comment addressed Required vertical The assumed vertical gradient of the road results in the lowering of the vertical alignment alignment for the NAL and CRL lines. The required lowering of the NAL also has implications on the CRL vertical alignment as both tracks are required to pass underneath the NAL Down Main, supported by a flyover structure. This has resulted in the CRL being
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