Pursuant to section 23 of the Public Works Act 1981, notice is hereby given that the Crown proposes to take the land described in the Schedule hereto ("the land"):
? The land is required for road and it is intended to use the land to form part of State Highway No. 3.
? The intended taking is considered reasonably necessary for the safe and convenient use of the road.
? The realignment of the road adjoining the land has been constructed and the land to be taken forms an integral part of the road.
? The land use is in accordance with the designation under the district plan.
? The owner of the land and those persons with a registered interest in it have been served with notice of the Crown's intention to take their land and their right to object.
Any other person having the right to object may send a written objection to the Registrar, Environment Court, Tribunals Division, Department for Courts, P.O. Box 5027, Wellington, within 20 working days after the date of publication of this notice.
If any objection is made in accordance with this notice a public hearing will be heard with the right of the objector to appear and be heard personally unless the objector otherwise requires and each objector will be informed of the time and place of the hearing.
Any person requiring further information in respect of this advice should contact Ken Billing, The Property Group Limited, P.O. Box 12-066, Palmerston North. Telephone: (06) 356 1697.
Schedule
New Plymouth Land District-Stratford District
(a) 123 square metres; shown as "Section 9" on S.O. Plan 14780, being part of part Section 9, Town of Waipuku, and being part of the land contained in certificate of title 21/141.
(b) 78 square metres; shown as "Section 4" on S.O. 14865, being part Section 9, Town of Waipuku, and being part of the land contained in certificate of title 21/141.
The land to be taken adjoins State Highway No. 3 south
of Jones Street at Waipuku.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of February 2002.
MATT ROBSON, Minister for Land Information.
(LINZ CPC/2000/6349)