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 and Second Schedules to this notice (“land”).

The land is required for construction of the State Highway 1, Wellington Northern Corridor (Peka Peka to Ōtaki Expressway) (“project”). More particularly, the land is required for the functioning indirectly of a road. The land described in the First Schedule will be declared road and State highway and the land described in the Second Schedule will be declared railway and vest in Her Majesty The Queen.

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 owner of the land and those persons with a registered interest in it have been served with notice of the Minister for Land Information’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 Steve 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—Otaki District

First Schedule

Second Schedule

The land is located at 58 Te Roto Road, Otaki.

Dated at Auckland this 21st day of June 2016.

Hon LOUISE UPSTON, Minister for Land Information.