Notice is hereby given, in accordance with section 23(1)(b) of the Public Works Act 1981, that the Waitakere City Council ("Council") proposes to take all of the land situated at 1A Rankin Avenue, New Lynn, Waitakere City, and more particularly described in the Schedule hereto ("the land").
The land is required for roading purposes and it is intended to use the land for the redevelopment and extension of Clark Street, New Lynn, Waitakere City, to cater for future traffic flows and town centre redevelopment.
The reasons why Waitakere City Council considers it is reasonably necessary to take this interest in the land described in the Schedule are:
(a) to cater for the additional traffic volume being generated as a result of the State Highway 20 termination at Maioro Street (and associated traffic work being carried out by Auckland City Council to cope with this);
(b) to meet the agreed objectives embodied in Waitakere City Council’s District Plan Change 17, that will enable New Lynn to meet the needs of a modern town centre;
(c) to meet the agreed objectives of the New Zealand Transit Agency, which recently gave its approval
to the project, based on its ability to satisfy
the requirements of that organisation’s funding assistance program.
The owner of the land and those persons with a registered interest in it have been served with notice of the Council’s intention to take the land and of their right to object.
Any other person having a right to object to the proposed taking of the said land may forward a written objection
to the Registrar, Environment Court, Department of Courts, Level 8, 3 Kingston Street, Auckland 1010, or to PO Box 7147, Wellesley Street, Auckland 1141, within 20 working days of the date of publication of this notice.
If any objection is made in accordance with this notice a public hearing will be held.
The objector will have a right to appear and be heard personally unless the objector otherwise requires.
Each objector will be informed of the time and place of the hearing.
Any person requiring further information may contact Michael Riley by telephone on (09) 836 8000 (extension 8117) or by email at michael.riley@waitakere.govt.nz
North Auckland Land Registry Waitakere City
Schedule
The land to be taken is the leasehold interest in 1A Rankin Avenue, New Lynn, Waitakere City, which is legally described as 3374 square metres, being Lot 1 DP 199076 and is comprised and described in Computer Freehold Register NA127D/557 which is leased under a deed of lease dated the 17th day of December 1998 between (1) Murray Holt Builders Limited and (2) Playland (New Lynn) Limited, subsequently assigned by Playland (New Lynn) Limited to Planet Kids Limited under Deed of Assignment of Lease dated the 28th day of May 2001. The area leased is shown hatched in red on the plan available on request from Waitakere City Council at the contact details above.
Dated at Henderson this 23rd day of February 2010.
VIJAYA VAIDYANATH, Chief Executive Officer, Waitakere City Council.