Notice is hereby given that the Crown, under the provisions of section 23 of the Public Works Act 1981, proposes to take the interests in the land described in the Schedule hereto (the "land’) being a stratum estate in fee simple and a restrictive covenant ("covenant").
The land and covenant are required for the Western
Ring Route (Roads of National Significance), Waterview Connection Project, Auckland.
More particularly, the land described in (a)(i) of the Schedule is required for motorway and will be used for
the construction of a tunnel.
This may also be declared road and State highway.
The land described in (a)(ii) of the Schedule will be retained for motorway purposes and a covenant will be taken appurtenant to it.
The covenant imposes restrictions on certain activities carried out on the owners’ land, in order to protect the motorway and the tunnel.
The project is required to complete the final link in the Western Ring Route.
As an alternative to State Highway 1, for north and south traffic movements, the project will take business freight and other through traffic off local roads, freeing them up for improved public transport services, providing shorter and more predictable travel times and more reliable access to Auckland International Airport.
The owners of the land have been served with notice of the Crown’s intention to take the land and covenant and have been advised of 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, PO 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 held 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.
North Auckland Land District-Auckland
Schedule
(a) A substratum estate in fee simple in 7897 square metres being:
(i) Section 156 on SO 455668; and
(ii) Section 1156 on SO 455668
("the Motorway Land");
(b) A land covenant over Part Lot 1 DP 151373, being part of the Common Property shown on DP 212138 marked EZ and EZZ on SO 455668 ("the Tunnel Protection Land") appurtenant to the Motorway Land;
all being part of the Common Property described in Supplementary Record Sheet NA140A/363 (North Auckland Land Registry).
Any person requiring further information in respect of
this advice or a full copy of the terms of the covenant or
the survey plan should contact Robyn Shephard, Opus International Consultants Limited, Level 3, The Westhaven, 100 Beaumont Street, Westhaven, Auckland. Telephone: (09) 355 9230.
The land is located at 1510 Great North Road, Waterview, Auckland.
Dated at Wellington this 4th day of December 2012.
HON MAURICE WILLIAMSON, Minister for Land Information.