Notice is hereby given that the Minister for Land Information proposes to take, under the Public Works Act 1981, the land described in the Schedule 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. Following construction, the land will be declared road and vested in the Kapiti Coast District Council.

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 PO Box 5027, Wellington 6145, or 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 David Hoffman, 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 6124.

Wellington Land District—Otaki District

Schedule

The land is located at 262 State Highway 1, Otaki.

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of October 2016.

Hon LOUISE UPSTON, Minister for Land Information.