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City Rail Link Notices of Requirement City Rail Link Notices of Requirement Report for Hearing Commissioners 11 June 2013 City Rail Link Notices of Requirement Report for Hearing Commissioners City Rail Link Notices of Requirement Report for Hearing Commissioners Prepared by: Auckland Council, MWH NZ Ltd Date: 11 June 2013 Status: Final Experience and Qualifications Ross Cooper: - BPlan, GradPlus Member of the New Zealand Planning Institute, 8 years experience, Principal Planner, Auckland Council Paula Hunter: - BA, Diploma of Town Planning, Fellow of the New Zealand Planning Institute, 30 years experience, National Planning Specialist, MWH Chris Scrafton: - MA Town Planning, PgCert Town Planning, BA, Member of New Zealand Planning Institute, 14 years experience, Senior Planner, MWH Garrett Hall: - MSc(Hons), Chartered Environmental Practitioner (CEnvP), Associate Member of Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (AIEMA), 13 years experience, Senior Environmental Scientist, MWH Page ii City Rail Link Notices of Requirement Report for Hearing Commissioners Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 8 1.1 Notices of requirement .................................................................................................... 9 1.1.1 Adequacy of information ............................................................................................ 9 1.2 Purpose of Report .......................................................................................................... 11 1.3 Documents Relied On .................................................................................................... 11 2 Outline of Proposal ........................................................................................................... 14 2.1 Description .................................................................................................................... 14 2.1.1 Concept design ......................................................................................................... 14 2.1.2 Construction methodologies .................................................................................... 14 2.2 CRL Components............................................................................................................ 15 2.2.1 Tunnel alignment and works .................................................................................... 15 2.2.2 Stations ..................................................................................................................... 17 2.2.3 Construction sites ..................................................................................................... 18 2.2.4 Other associated works ............................................................................................ 20 2.3 Assumptions .................................................................................................................. 20 2.4 Construction timeline .................................................................................................... 21 2.5 Notices of requirement .................................................................................................. 21 2.5.1 Purpose of designations ........................................................................................... 22 2.5.2 Types of designation ................................................................................................. 22 2.5.3 Summary description of the six NoRs ....................................................................... 22 2.5.4 Property details ........................................................................................................ 25 2.5.5 Lapse period.............................................................................................................. 27 2.5.6 Withdrawal of parts of designations post construction ........................................... 27 2.5.7 Use of existing designations ..................................................................................... 28 2.6 Auckland Transport ....................................................................................................... 28 2.6.1 Statement of Intent .................................................................................................. 29 2.6.2 Requiring authority status ........................................................................................ 29 2.6.3 AT’s CRL project objectives ....................................................................................... 29 3 Preliminary Matters .......................................................................................................... 31 3.1 Time of Lodgement of Submissions ............................................................................... 31 3.2 Late Submissions ........................................................................................................... 31 3.3 Other Designations ........................................................................................................ 32 4 Overview of Submissions .................................................................................................. 33 4.1 General Overview and Scope of Submissions ................................................................ 33 City Rail Link Notices of Requirement Report for Hearing Commissioners 4.2 Principal issues – project wide ....................................................................................... 33 4.3 Principal issues – local ................................................................................................... 33 4.4 Out of scope matters raised by submitters ................................................................... 34 5 Statutory framework ........................................................................................................ 36 6 Assessment of Alternatives ............................................................................................... 38 6.1 Statutory requirements ................................................................................................. 38 6.2 Alternatives considered ................................................................................................. 38 6.3 Issues raised by submitters ........................................................................................... 39 6.4 Adequacy of the assessment ......................................................................................... 40 7 Necessity of Project for Achieving Objectives ................................................................... 43 7.1 Statutory requirements ................................................................................................. 43 7.2 CRL project objectives.................................................................................................... 43 7.3 Auckland Transport assessment .................................................................................... 44 7.4 Issues raised by submitters ........................................................................................... 45 7.5 Assessment .................................................................................................................... 45 7.5.1 Work reasonably necessary ...................................................................................... 45 7.5.2 Designation reasonably necessary ............................................................................ 47 8 Auckland Transport’s Approach to Managing Adverse Effects .......................................... 49 8.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 49 8.2 Submitter Issues ............................................................................................................ 49 8.3 Assessment and Proposed Mitigation ........................................................................... 50 9 Assessment of Effects ....................................................................................................... 54 9.1 Approach to assessment ............................................................................................... 54 9.2 Construction Noise and Vibration ................................................................................. 54 9.2.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 54 9.2.2 Relevant plan provisions ........................................................................................... 55 9.2.3 Overview of submissions .......................................................................................... 57 9.2.4 Auckland Transport assessment and proposed mitigation ...................................... 58 9.2.5 Assessment and proposed mitigation ...................................................................... 66 9.3 Operational Noise and Vibration ................................................................................... 75 9.3.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 75 9.3.2 Relevant plan provisions ........................................................................................... 76 City Rail Link Notices of Requirement Report for Hearing Commissioners 9.3.3 Overview of submissions 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