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Waikato Expressway Hamilton Section Ruakura Board of Inquiry Waikato Expressway Hamilton Section Notice of Requirement to Alter the Designation November 2013 2489 Ruakura Board of Inquiry Waikato Expressway Hamilton Section Notice of Requirement to Alter the Designation November 2013 Note - This notice replaces the notice dated 30 September 2013, which has been amended in response to a request for further information (pursuant to s92 RMA 1991). 2490 Ruakura Board of Inquiry 2491 Ruakura Board of Inquiry Waikato Expressway Hamilton Section – Alterations to the Designation i Contents: VOLUME 1: 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 New Zealand Transport Agency ........................................................................................ 1 1.3 Roads of National Significance ......................................................................................... 1 1.4 Waikato Expressway ......................................................................................................... 1 1.5 Waikato Expressway – Hamilton Section ......................................................................... 2 1.6 Project Specific Objectives ................................................................................................ 4 1.7 Designation Alterations sought by the NOR ..................................................................... 5 1.7.1 Background ........................................................................................................... 5 1.7.2 Existing Designation ............................................................................................. 5 1.7.3 Summary of Alterations Proposed ........................................................................ 7 1.7.4 Lapse Period .......................................................................................................... 7 1.7.5 Additional Alterations to the Designation ............................................................ 7 1.7.6 Local Authority Boundaries .................................................................................. 8 1.8 Strategic Network Connection Investigation ................................................................... 11 1.8.1 Assessment Considerations ................................................................................. 12 2 Project Consultation.......................................................................................... 13 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 13 2.2 Consultation Plan ............................................................................................................ 13 2.3 Community of Interest .................................................................................................... 14 2.3.1 Tangata Whenua ................................................................................................. 14 2.3.2 Landowners ......................................................................................................... 14 2.3.3 Key Stakeholders ................................................................................................. 14 2.3.4 Other Stakeholders .............................................................................................. 14 2.4 Consultation Undertaken ................................................................................................ 15 2.4.1 Initial Consultation ............................................................................................. 15 2.4.2 Public Information Days ..................................................................................... 16 2.4.3 Surveys ................................................................................................................ 19 2.4.4 Newsletters .......................................................................................................... 20 2.5 Individual Meetings ........................................................................................................ 20 2.5.1 Stakeholders ........................................................................................................ 20 2.5.2 Landowners ......................................................................................................... 21 2.5.3 Property impacts ................................................................................................. 21 2.5.4 Waikato Raupatu Claims Settlement Act 1995 ................................................... 22 2.6 Iwi Consultation .............................................................................................................. 22 | November 2013 2492 Ruakura Board of Inquiry Waikato Expressway Hamilton Section – Alterations to the Designation ii 2.7 Summary of Issues Raised During Consultation ............................................................ 23 2.8 Consultation Summary ................................................................................................... 23 3 Alterations to the Designation .......................................................................... 24 3.1 Form 18 – Notice of Requirement for Designation ........................................................ 24 3.2 Alteration U – Resolution Drive Interchange and Stormwater Wetland ....................... 30 3.2.1 Proposed Alteration ............................................................................................ 30 3.2.2 Consideration of Alternatives.............................................................................. 33 3.2.3 Consultation ........................................................................................................ 35 3.2.4 Assessment of Environmental Effects ................................................................. 35 3.2.5 Conditions ........................................................................................................... 53 3.2.6 Resource Management Act 1991 ......................................................................... 53 3.2.7 Other Relevant Statutory Provisions................................................................... 54 3.2.8 Future Environment ............................................................................................ 56 3.2.9 Alteration U Conclusion ...................................................................................... 57 3.3 Alteration V – Puketaha Road Arrangement .................................................................. 59 3.3.1 Proposed Alteration ............................................................................................ 59 3.3.2 Consideration of Alternatives.............................................................................. 61 3.3.3 Consultation ........................................................................................................ 63 3.3.4 Assessment of Environmental Effects ................................................................. 63 3.3.5 Conditions ........................................................................................................... 71 3.3.6 Resource Management Act 1991 ......................................................................... 71 3.3.7 Other Relevant Statutory Provisions................................................................... 72 3.3.8 Alteration V Conclusion ...................................................................................... 74 3.4 Alteration W – Greenhill Interchange and Stormwater Wetland .................................. 76 3.4.1 Proposed Alteration ............................................................................................ 76 3.4.2 Consideration of Alternatives.............................................................................. 78 3.4.3 Consultation ........................................................................................................ 79 3.4.4 Assessment of Environmental Effects ................................................................ 80 3.4.5 Conditions ........................................................................................................... 89 3.4.6 Resource Management Act 1991 ......................................................................... 89 3.4.7 Other Relevant Statutory Provisions................................................................... 90 3.4.8 Future Environment ............................................................................................ 93 3.4.9 Alteration W Conclusion ..................................................................................... 93 3.5 Alteration Z – Southern Interchange and Cambridge Road Widening .......................... 95 3.5.1 Proposed Alteration ............................................................................................ 95 3.5.2 Consideration of Alternatives............................................................................ 100 | November 2013 2493 Ruakura Board of Inquiry Waikato Expressway Hamilton Section – Alterations to the Designation iii 3.5.3 Consultation ...................................................................................................... 110 3.5.4 Assessment of Environmental Effects ............................................................... 110 3.5.5 Conditions
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