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Joy Svendsen Representation.Pdf Joy Svendsen Speaking Notes for M2PP Board of Inquiry 17 Jan 2013 INTRO Good morning Sir and Commissioners, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. Thank you also commissioners for your attentiveness and genuine questions that you have been asking submitters. Thank you Sir for the fairness and patience you have shown to us ordinary folks as we have tried to express what is on our minds and what it is about this project that troubles us so much. I would like to tell you some of my personal story and then cover some general objections to this proposal; PEOPLE, PROCESS, CONSTRUCTION, CONNECTIVITY, CULTURE & HISTORY, and TYPE OF ROAD. PERSONAL STORY My name is Joy Svendsen and I have lived on the Kapiti Coast for 27 years firstly at Raumati Beach and now at Waikanae Beach. During my 27 years of living here I have raised a family, worked locally, commuted to full time work in Wellington, run a business from home and currently work part time as a Research Assistant at Te Papa Museum. This means I have travelled extensively between Paekakariki, Raumati South, Raumati Beach, Paraparaumu Township, Paraparaumu Beach, Otaihanga, Waikanae, Waikanae Beach, Te Horo, Otaki, Reikorangi, East Waikanae and East Paraparaumu. I have walked, run, bicycled, used local and Intercity buses, commuter trains, held an HT licence, owned a scooter and driven by car between all these destinations. As I have made frequent trips to every single part of the Kapiti Coast thousands of times. I therefore consider myself an expert on travelling about the Kapiti Coast and in and out of the district. All this time I waited and hoped for a second bridge over the Waikanae River. So I am definitely an expert on wanting a second bridge over the Waikanae River and better ways to get from one place to another. Over these 27 years I have transitioned from a young energetic mother of 3 to an older wiser, slower grandmother. In the course of that time I have gone from raising my children through to them qualifying at university, travelling overseas and returning to New Zealand. Then coming full circle back to settling to live on the Kapiti Coast because they too believe it is a great place to live and bring up my grandchildren. I live at the southern end of Waikanae Beach within easy walking distance of the Takamore Heritage Precinct. My home is on a hill 800 metres back from the beach front. I enjoy views of the Tararua Ranges, Kapiti Island and out to sea all the way to Mt Taranaki. I have the privilege 1 | P a g e of being able to walk on the beach, around the river mouth, beside the estuary, around the lagoons and along the magnificently restored Waikanae River walks. I have all these seaside and rural activities as well as prolific bird life available within a kilometer of my home. I enjoy the peace and quiet where I live, a clear bright night sky, hearing the waves on the beach, fresh air and a happy friendly neighbourhood. Prior to moving to the Kapiti Coast in 1986 I had been a restless person and moved frequently. Now I have met and come to know so many wonderful people here, the Kapiti Coast has happily become my permanent home. Mt Kapakapanui has become my mountain, the Waikanae River my river, Kapiti Island enthralls me, the Kapiti Coast owns my soul and the people of the Kapiti own my heart. GENERAL OBJECTIONS: PEOPLE, PROCESS, CONSTRUCTION, CONNECTIVITY, CULTURE & HISTORY, and TYPE OF ROAD. Every single point that I raised in my submission has been covered by other speakers cleverer and clearer than me. I 100% support the comments and evidence of every submitter who has opposed this motorway in full. I have either listened to their presentation or read their transcript. They have presented everything that is important to me and it is a true and accurate account of my thoughts, feelings and experience also. I have asked myself what I can possibly say today that has not been said before and will be helpful to you as a Board in making your decision. I will try therefore to just stick to a few points that I have not heard mentioned very thoroughly and a few that I cannot avoid repeating. PEOPLE I am now long past the point where a second bridge over the Waikanae River will make as much difference to my day to day travelling activities as it would have in the past. Therefore I have tried to look at the NZTA proposal objectively and ask myself is there any way it could be better for the people of Kapiti than our local Western Link Road? My conclusion is that people must come first when considering economics, faster travel times and major changes to the local environment. Local communities should not be sacrificed for national interests but must be recognised as part of the overall economy and a vital part of an integrated plan. Exciting, fun, pleasant and enjoyable local roads, can be the major part of a balanced package of infrastructure improvements. Sustainable and multi-modal transportation measures will deliver improved productivity and economic efficiency. Faster travel, burning limited fossil fuels and rushing about on ugly roads don’t make for happy healthy people. The Minister for Transport needs to realise that focusing on a presumed economic benefit derived from major 2 | P a g e motorway investment, completely fails to take into account people. Focusing on people creates opportunities for economic activity occurring in local areas as part of the overall net benefit. Removing the burden of a potential $650 million plus debt from the shoulders of all New Zealanders and replacing it with the affordable local community focused sustainable transport option, will have far greater productivity benefits for all New Zealanders as well as immediate direct benefits for the 50,000 people who live on the Kapiti Coast. PROCESS The process has been mentioned a lot but there are several points I must reiterate. I am not here today to speaking about the Mackays to Pekapeka Expressway but I am here speaking about the Mackays to Pekapeka Motorway. Under NZTA’s definition of an Expressway and a Motorway this is clearly a Motorway, so that is how I will refer to it. For me the confusing way this proposal has been presented to my community summarises why I am here today and why we are so heavily dependent on the wisdom of this Board to see this for what it really is. The process reveals a project which has never been called what it really is; (a Motorway) we have not been given a full description of the proposed work that demonstrates its true size and impact on our district. We have not received clear details nor have all aspects of the real and permanent effects and damage to our local environment been thoroughly and completely investigated. No alternatives particularly the local Western Link Road and improvements to SH1 and rail services were ever considered. Discussion and public consultation centred on “choosing a route”. There is not clear evidence of the designation being reasonably necessary to meet the objectives of the requiring authority and it has never been proven or demonstrated to be needed in the first place. For me the process started 18 years ago when the route previously known as the Sandhills Route was changed from the status of being for state highway purposes to a local road. “Transit determined that the alignment as a motorway was not the right thing to do. The alignment should be used for a local arterial road and the state highway should stay where it is.” this designation was formally lifted in 1999. This was of great interest to me as when I first 3 | P a g e moved to the Kapiti Coast and started to think where I would like to live, I wanted to know where the Sandhills Expressway designation was. At first we rented houses but when I eventually bought my current home at Waikanae Beach I did my due diligence and doubled checked the maps confirming the designation was for a proposed local Western Link Road and second bridge over the Waikanae River. At that time in 1999 I was convinced there would be a second bridge over the Waikanae River at least by the time my youngest child went to high school. I attended my first of a multitude of public meetings relating to this process in 1997. So 59 years ago the Sandhills route was put in place and 18 years ago it was changed to local road status, this accurately reflected the changes and needs of our district. I take great exception to NZTA using the term Sandhills Expressway as part of the publicity and consultation for the current proposal. This expressway designation has not existed for 18 years and NZTA created confusion implying that a Sandhills expressway route was still there. After 15 years of hard work, full community consultation and debate, much negotiation and thorough investigations and hundreds of thousands of ratepayer’s money, the route and design of the local road was agreed on and given the name Western Link Road. I had attended workshops, council meetings, written submissions and followed the news of progress of the new local road with great anticipation. I was excited about the soon to be started sustainable, green, exciting looking solution. Therefore I also take great exception to the false and misleading use of the name “Western Link Road” by NZTA during the consultation phase for this proposal.
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