Notice is hereby given that the Minister for Land Information proposes to take, under the Public Works Act 1981, the land described in the First Schedule of this notice ("land") and the leasehold estate ("lease") in the land described in the Second Schedule of this notice ("lease land") on the terms and conditions set out in the Third Schedule of this notice.
The land and the lease are required for construction of the State Highway 1 Inner City Bypass Intersection Optimisation Project ("project").
More particularly, the land is required for road and the lease is required for the functioning indirectly of a road to allow for temporary occupation during construction of the project.
The project is required to cater for increasing traffic volumes and to reduce congestion and improve traffic flow along the inner city bypass.
The owner of the land and the lease land and those persons with a registered interest in the land and the lease land have been served with notice of the Minister for Land Information's intention to take the land and the lease, 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 Chris McCashin, The Property Group Limited, Level 10, Technology One House, 86-96 Victoria Street, Wellington 6011. Postal Address: PO Box 2874, Wellington 6140. Telephone: (04) 472 5852.
Wellington Land District-Wellington City
First Schedule
Area
ha Description
0.0082 Part Section 143 Town of Wellington defined on Application Plan 2114 (part Computer Freehold Register WN559/159); shown as Section 1 on SO 472109.
Second Schedule
Area
ha Description
0.0250 Part Section 143 Town of Wellington defined on Application Plan 2114 (part Computer Freehold Register WN559/159); shown as Section 2 on SO 472109.
0.0249 Part Lot 2 DP 433344 (part Computer Freehold Register 527445); shown marked "Area 1A" on SO 472109.
Third Schedule
Terms and Conditions
Purpose for Which Lease is Required
The lease is required during the construction of the project. The lease land will be used for access for construction of the project and such other purpose or purposes reasonably required for construction of the project.
Terms of the Lease
1. The Crown must give the registered proprietor not less than 20 working days notice prior to first entry onto the lease land for occupation during the construction of
the project.
2. The lease shall commence on the 14th day after publication of a proclamation taking the lease land in the New Zealand Gazette, and terminate on the day six months thereafter ("term").
3. The Crown may, on the giving of written notice to the registered proprietor, extend the term for a further six months should the project not be completed by the expiry of the term. The current market rent shall be reviewed at the time the registered proprietor is given notice of any such extension.
4. The Crown shall pay to the registered proprietor a current market rent for the term (including any extension) of the lease, such rate for the initial one year term to be determined by a registered valuer at the commencement of the lease and agreed between the parties or otherwise determined under the Public Works Act 1981.
5. Notwithstanding the term created (including any extension), the Crown may terminate the lease at any time by giving the registered proprietor one month's notice in writing.
6. The Crown shall have the right to occupy the lease land for the term, including the right to enter and re-enter the lease land at all times, with or without such vehicles, machinery or materials for the purpose set out in the notice.
7. The Crown shall take all reasonable steps to minimise damage to the lease land arising from the Crown's occupation under the lease. In the event of such damage the Crown will, at its cost, restore the lease land to a condition reasonably in keeping with the surrounding land following construction of the project.
The land is located at 269 Willis Street, Wellington.
Dated at Wellington this 29th day of May 2014.
HON MICHAEL WOODHOUSE, Minister for Land Information.