Notice is hereby given that the Minister for Land Information proposes to take, under the Public Works Act 1981, the forestry rights described in the First Schedule to this notice ("forestry rights") over the land described in the Second Schedule to this notice ("land").
The land is required for construction of the State Highway 1 Wellington Northern Corridor (Transmission Gully) Project ("project").
More particularly, the land is required for motorway purposes and it is necessary to extinguish the forestry rights over it.
The project is required to cater for increasing traffic volumes and to improve the safety and efficiency of State Highway 1 and the local road network.
The holders of the forestry rights and those persons with a registered interest in the forestry rights have been served with notice of the Crown's intention to take the land, and advised of their right to object.
Any other person having the right to object may send
a written objection to the Registrar, Environment Court,
5th Floor, District Court Building, 49 Ballance Street, Wellington 6011, or by post to DX SX11154, 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.
Any person requiring further information in respect of this advice should contact Steven Donaldson, The Property Group Limited, Level 10, Technology One House, 86-96 Victoria Street, Wellington 6011. Postal Address: PO Box 2874, Wellington 6140. Telephone: (04) 470 6112.
Wellington Land District-Porirua City
First Schedule
(a) B041874.3.
(b) B041874.4.
(c) B041874.5.
(d) B041874.6.
(e) B041874.7.
(f) B041874.8.
(g) B041874.9.
(h) B041874.10.
(i) B041874.11.
(j) B041874.12.
(k) B041874.13.
(l) B041874.14.
(m) B041874.15.
(n) B041874.16.
Second Schedule
Area
ha Description
4.2900 Section 1 SO 402089 (Computer Interest Register 439219).
12.8545 Sections 1-3 SO 426500 (Computer Interest Register 547194).
The land is located at the rear of 850C Paekakariki Hill Road, Porirua.
Dated at Wellington this 5th day of December 2013.
HON MAURICE WILLIAMSON, Minister for Land Information.