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What reports or feedback, if any, has he or his predecessor received from councils outside Wellington regarding uncertainty over land acquisition, including parks, reserves, town belt land, or other council-owned property, for roading projects?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • What reports or feedback, if any, has he or his predecessor received from councils outside Wellington regarding uncertainty over land acquisition, including parks, reserves, town belt land, or other council-owned property, for roading projects?

Answered by

Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

I am advised that councils have queried land acquisition processes for parks, reserves and other public land. Property manuals set out the legal and engagement framework and recent correspondence shows examples of local authority engagement outside Wellington.