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Proposed State Highway 3 roading project between Uruti and Ahititi in North Taranaki
Status: Closed
Submissions closed: Tuesday 27 February 2018
In December 2017 Waka Kotahi (NZ Transport Agency) served a notice of requirement to alter the existing State Highway 3 designation in the New Plymouth District Plan.
Taranaki Regional Council and New Plymouth District Council also received resource consent applications for this project. The two consent authorities jointly heard the applications.
The notice of requirement and resource consents were public notified under the Resource Management Act 1991 on 27 January 2018.
Submissions closed on Tuesday 27 February 2018, with 1,177 submissions were received (1,154 in support, 20 in opposition and three neutral).
A hearing was held over nine days, commencing on 1 August and formally closing on 6 November 2018. Some submitters spoke in support of their written submissions and technical experts provided evidence. Documents associated with the hearing process are available below.
On 7 December 2018 Hearings Commissioner Stephen Daysh provided:
On 21 December 2018 Waka Kotahi provided their decision on the notice of requirement. Notice of this decision has been served on all submitters and affected landowners.
The decisions were appealed to the Environment Court and the appeal was heard by three Judges and two Commissioners in July 2019.
The Environment Court issued an interim decision ([2018] NZEnvC 203) in December 2019.
This was appealed to the High Court, heard in August 2020 and dismissed ([2020] NZHC 3159).
The appellants filed an application for leave to the Supreme Court (SC 31/2021) which was dismissed. The appellants then filed for this decision to be recalled in the Supreme Court, which was also dismissed.
The Environment Court issued its second interim decision ([2021] NZEnvC 27) in March 2021 and its final decision - Part One & Part Two ([2021] NZEnvC 40), including conditions, in April 2021.
This was appealed to the High Court by the same appellants (Poutama Kaitiaki Charitable Trust and D & T Pascoe), heard in October 2021. You can read the decision here.
New Plymouth District Council:
Taranaki Regional Council:
The application documentation includes an assessment of environmental effects, supported by a number of technical reports. This information is provided in a PDF format, containing the following documents, and is available by clicking this link: Mt Messenger Bypass | Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (nzta.govt.nz)
Volume 1
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Assessment of Effects on the Environment |
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Appendix A - E |
Application forms; objectives and policies assessment; schedule of properties; planning maps; draft conditions |
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Volume 2 |
Drawing Set |
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Volume 3 |
Technical Reports |
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Technical Report 1 |
Strategic Transport Assessment |
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Technical Report 2 |
Traffic and Transport Assessment |
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Technical Report 3 |
Resilience Assessment |
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Technical Report 4 |
Economics Assessment |
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Technical Report 5 |
Social Impact Assessment |
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Technical Report 6 |
Recreation Assessment |
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Technical Report 7 |
Assessments of Ecological Effects |
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Technical Report 7a |
Vegetation |
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Technical Report 7b |
Freshwater Ecology |
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Technical Report 7c |
Invertebrates |
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Technical Report 7d |
Herpetofauna |
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Technical Report 7e |
Avifauna |
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Technical Report 7f |
Bats |
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Technical Report 7g |
Marine Ecology |
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Technical Report 7h |
Ecological Mitigation and Offset |
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Technical Report 8a |
Landscape, Natural Character and Visual Assessment |
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Technical Report 8b |
Landscape and Environment Design Framework |
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Technical Report 9 |
Historic Heritage Assessment |
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Technical Report 10 |
Environmental Noise and Vibration Assessment |
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Technical Report 11 |
Air Quality Assessment |
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Technical Report 12 |
Contaminated Land Assessment |
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Technical Report 13 |
Construction Water Assessment Report |
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Technical Report 14 |
Geotechnical Appraisal |
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Maori Values Assessment |
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Volume 4 |
Consideration of alternatives – Options assessment reports |
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Volume 5 |
Draft Management Plans |
Following identification of minor mistakes in the consents granted by the Taranaki Regional Council, amendments have been made. The amendments are highlighted in Commissioner's Minute #8. A link to that minute can be found below. The consents attached to the Commissioner's Decision have been updated. An updated copy is available on the link below.
If you have any questions about the application, please contact New Plymouth District Council.