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 58 Safety Improvements Project (“Project”) and it is intended to use the Land for road widening purposes. More particularly, the Land is required for the functioning indirectly of a road and may be declared road following construction of the Project.

The reasons why the Minister for Land Information considers it essential to take the Land is to cater for increasing traffic volumes and to improve the safety and efficiency of State Highway 58 between State Highway 2 and the Transmission Gully interchange at Pāuatahanui.

The owner of the Land and those persons with a registered interest in the Land 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, District Court Building, Level 5, 49 Ballance Street, Wellington 6011. Postal address: SX10044, Wellington or PO Box 5027, Wellington 6145 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 Dave Hoffmann, The Property Group Limited, Level 11, Cornerstone House, 36 Customhouse Quay, Wellington 6011. Postal Address: PO Box 2874, Wellington 6140. Email: dhoffmann@propertygroup.co.nz. Phone: 027 272 0016.

The Land is located at 343 Paremata Haywards Road, Judgeford.

Wellington Land District—Porirua City

Schedule

Land may be Declared Road

Dated at Mahana this 4th day of September 2023.

Hon DAMIEN O’CONNOR, Minister for Land Information.

(LINZ CPC/2018/20415)