| Designation Number |
9540
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| Requiring Authority |
Watercare Services Ltd |
| Location |
Williams Road (Lot 1 DP 73307 and Lot 1 DP 154681), Glenbrook
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| Rollover Designation |
Yes
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| Legacy Reference |
Designation 307, Auckland Council District Plan (Manukau Section) 2002
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| Lapse Date |
Given effect to (i.e. no lapse date)
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Purpose
Water supply purposes - Hunua No. 4 Watermain.
Conditions
1. Except as modified by the conditions below and subject to final design, the works shall be undertaken in general accordance with the information provided by the Requiring Authority in the Notice of Requirement dated 3 March 2010 and supporting documents being “Hunua No. 4 Watermain Assessment of Effects on the Environment”, Volumes 1, 2 and 3, dated 3 March 2010.
2. As soon as practicable following completion of construction of the Project, the Requiring Authority shall, in consultation with the Council:
a. review the width of the area designated for the Project;
b. identify:
i. any areas of designated land that are no longer necessary for the ongoing operation, maintenance, renewal and protection of the pipeline and ancillary activities;
ii. any areas of designated land within the legal road boundaries that are more than 2.5 metres from the centreline of the pipeline (excluding any special chambers/ facilities or other associated structures);
c. give notice to the Council in accordance with Section 182 of the RMA for removal of those parts of the designation identified in (b) above which are not required for the long term operation and maintenance of the Project and provide a plan of the final designated areas to Council; and
d. provide as-built plans to the Council.
3. A liaison person shall be appointed by the Requiring Authority for the duration of the construction phase of the Project to be the main and readily accessible point of contact for persons affected by the designation and construction work. The liaison person's name and contact details shall be advised to affected parties by the Requiring Authority. This person must be reasonably available for on-going consultation on all matters of concern to affected persons arising from the Project. If the liaison person will not be available for any reason, an alternative contact person shall be nominated, to ensure that a project contact person is available by telephone 24 hours per day / seven days per week during the construction phase.
4. The designation shall lapse if not given effect within 10 years from the date on which it is included in the District Plan.
5. Those stages of the works within the designation and previously approved under separate land use resource consents are exempt from the following conditions 6 -51, namely:
a. Manukau City Council Resource Consent P35070 granted 29 October 2008;
b. Manukau City Council Resource Consent P36892 granted 3 February 2010;
c. Manukau City Council Resource Consent P37244 granted 21 May 2010; and
d. Manukau City Council Resource Consent P37514 granted 15 July 2010;
6. Except as provided for in Condition 7, the Requiring Authority shall submit an OPW for the Project or for each Project stage in accordance with Section 176A of the RMA.
7. An OPW need not be submitted if the Council has waived the requirement for an OPW in accordance with Section 176A(2)(c) of the RMA.
8. The OPW shall include the following Management Plans for the relevant stage(s) of the Project: Construction Management Plan (“CMP”); Construction Noise and Vibration Management Plan (“CNVMP”); Network Utility Management Plan (“NUMP”); and the Traffic Management Plan (“TMP”).
9. The Requiring Authority shall prepare a CMP or Plans for the Project overall or for each of the relevant Project stages. The purpose of the CMPs is to set out the detailed management procedures and construction methods to be undertaken in order to avoid, remedy or mitigate potential adverse effects arising from construction activities. The CMPs shall be provided to the Council with the relevant OPW for the stage it relates to.
10. The CMPs required by Condition 9 shall include specific details relating to the management of all construction activities associated with the Project or relevant Project stage, including:
a. details of the site or project manager and the construction liaison person identified in condition 3, including their contact details (phone, facsimile (if any), postal address, email address);
b. an outline construction programme, indicating in particular the likely time periods for road closures and anticipated traffic diversion effects;
c. the hours of construction;
d. measures to be adopted to maintain the land affected by the works in a tidy condition in terms of disposal / storage of rubbish, storage and unloading of construction materials and similar construction activities;
e. location of site infrastructure including site offices, site amenities, contractors yards, site access, equipment unloading and storage areas, contractor car parking, and security.
f. the layout of the construction yard at the manukau sports bowl, including associated buildings, fencing and site access;
g. procedures for controlling sediment run-off, dust and the removal of soil, debris, demolition and construction materials from the work site or places adjacent to the work site;
h. procedures for the protection of significant trees and other vegetation;
i. procedures for ensuring that residents, road users and businesses in the immediate vicinity of construction areas are given prior notice of the commencement of construction activities and are informed about the expected duration and effects of the works;
j. a health and safety plan;
k. procedures for responding to complaints about construction activities;
l. procedures for management of traffic incidents within the works area;
m. procedures for the management of works which directly affect or are located in close proximity to existing network utility services;
n. construction noise and vibration management;
o. protocols for the management of ground breaking activities along the pipeline route to manage effects on the environment and human health should any contamination issues be encountered;
p. procedures for the refuelling of plant and equipment;
q. engineering design and construction drawings; and
r. the provision for the storage of fuels, lubricants and refuelling to be managed in such a manner so as to prevent the discharge of contaminants from spillages.
11. The CMP shall be implemented and maintained throughout the entire construction period for the Project or relevant Project stage to manage potential adverse effects arising from construction activities to the greatest practicable extent.
12. The Requiring Authority shall:
a. use trenchless construction methods to lay the pipeline under State Highway 1 at Reagan Road;
b. not undertake any works or associated activities on State Highway 20B within the vicinity of the SH20/Puhinui Road (SH20B) interchange in a manner that alters the current level of service at this interchange without NZ Transport Agency prior approval; and
c. locate the pipeline as close as is practicable to the centreline of the legal width of Campana Road, Papatoetoe.
13. The Requiring Authority shall prepare a detailed site management plan for the two directly affected market garden properties between Campana Road and Pukaki Road, in consultation with the owners of those properties. The site management plan shall be prepared with assistance from a suitably qualified expert with experience in market garden practices. In addition to matters covered elsewhere in these conditions, the site management plan shall include consideration of:
a. methods to prevent contamination of soil;
b. methods to prevent weed infestation;
c. programming of works to take account of seasonal variations and other business activities;
d. management and replacement of subsoil and topsoil;
e. provision for 24 hour access for the landowners’ business activities;
f. reinstatement and maintenance provisions;
g. dust management measures; and
h. other relevant matters as agreed in consultation with the property owners.
The appointment of this specialist and the preparation of the site specific plan shall be undertaken in consultation with the landowners.
13A. To avoid conflict with any future upgrading of this intersection, and if requested to do so by the Road Controlling Authority responsible for the intersection upgrading, the Requiring Authority shall reconfigure or relocate the proposed scour chamber at the intersection of Ascot Rood and Kirkbride Road, Mangere, to an alternative agreed position at the Requiring Authority's own cost.
14. Notwithstanding anything in Condition 7, the Requiring Authority shall prepare and implement a NUMP so that design and construction of the Project adequately takes account of and includes measures for the safety, integrity, protection or, where necessary, relocation of existing network utilities.
15. A copy of the NUMP shall be provided to the Council prior to construction commencing.
16. The NUMP shall include, but not be limited to, the following matters:
a. provisions for liaison with all network utility operators and other infrastructure providers whose assets are directly affected by or located in close proximity to the project;
b. provisions to enable other utility operators to access existing infrastructure for maintenance at all reasonable times, or emergency works at all times, whilst construction activities associated with the project are occurring; and
c. provisions to ensure that all construction personnel, including contractors, are aware of the presence and location of the various utility services which traverse, or are in close proximity to the Project, and the restrictions in place in relation to those services. This shall include plans identifying the service locations and appropriate physical indicators on the ground showing specific surveyed locations.
17. The NUMP shall be prepared in consultation with the relevant network utility operators and other infrastructure providers and, in addition to the matters listed in Condition 16, shall address the following matters in respect of works or activities in proximity to the relevant utility services:
a. measures to identify the location of existing utility services accurately;
b. measures for protection, relocation and / or reinstatement of network utility infrastructure;
c. measures to provide for the safe operation of plant and equipment and the safety of workers in proximity to live utility services;
d. measures to manage potential induction hazards;
e. procedures to manage dust and any other material potentially able to cause damage to overhead transmission lines;
f. earthworks management, depth and extent of earthworks;
g. vibration management; and
h. incident emergency management.
18. The Requiring Authority shall consult with, and provide detailed design and construction plans and specifications to the New Zealand Refining Company Limited, Wiri Oil Services Limited and Transpower at least 20 working days prior to the intended commencement of any physical construction works that have the potential to come within 12 metres of their assets.
19. The Requiring Authority shall ensure that the power supply to the New Zealand Refining Company Limited densitometer site located at the end of Campana Road is not interrupted as a result of the proposed construction works. Should power supply to the densitometer site be required to be isolated for the Project, Watercare shall ensure that back-up supply is maintained by way of a suitable generator.
20. In the development of the NUMP, the Requiring Authority shall also investigate opportunities for other network utility operators or infrastructure providers, where practicable, to undertake upgrading works at the same time as construction of the Project.
21. The NUMP may be prepared as a standalone management plan or may form part of the Construction Management Plan, as determined by the Requiring Authority.
22. A CNVMP shall be prepared for the Project or relevant Project stage, by a suitably qualified expert
23. The CNVMP shall include specific details relating to the control of noise and vibration associated with all Project works. The CNVMP shall be formulated and the works implemented to achieve, as far as practicable, compliance with the requirements of:
a. NZS6803:1999 Acoustics — Construction Noise; and
b. German Standard DIN 4150-3:1999 Structural Vibration – Effects of Vibration on Structures.
24. The CNVMP shall, as a minimum, address the following aspects with regard to construction noise: ‘
a. noise sources, including machinery, equipment and construction techniques to be used;
b. predicted construction noise levels;
c. hours of operation, including times and days when noisy construction work and blasting would occur;
d. construction noise criteria for specific areas and sensitive receivers such as schools, child care centres, medical or aged care facilities;
e. the identification of activities and locations that will require the design of noise mitigation measures such as temporary barriers or enclosures and the details of such measures where the Project noise criteria are predicted to be exceeded;
f. the measures that will be undertaken by the Requiring Authority to communicate noise management measures to affected stakeholders;
g. development of alternative management strategies where full compliance with NZS6803:1999 cannot be achieved;
h. methods for monitoring and reporting on construction noise; and
i. methods for receiving and responding to complaints about construction noise.
25. The CNVMP shall also describe measures adopted to meet the requirements of German Standard DIN4150, and as a minimum shall address the following aspects
a. vibration sources, including machinery, equipment and construction techniques to be used;
b. provision for the determination of buildings that require pre-condition surveys to be re-evaluated following test blasts at the commencement of blasting;
c. preparation of building condition reports on ‘at risk’ buildings prior to, during and after completion of works, where for the purposes of this condition an ‘at risk’ building is one at which the levels in the German Standard DIN4150 are likely to be approached or exceeded;
d. provision for the use of building condition surveys to determine the sensitivity of the building(s) on the adjacent sites to ground movement in terms of the Line 1-3 criteria of the DIN standard;
e. identification of any particularly sensitive activities in the vicinity of the pipeline route (e.g. commercial activity using sensitive equipment such as radiography or mass-spectrometry).
f. alternative management and mitigation strategies where compliance with German Standard DIN 4150-3:1999 cannot be achieved;
g. the measures that will be undertaken by the Requiring Authority to communicate vibration management measures to affected stakeholders;
h. methods for monitoring and reporting on construction vibration; and
i. methods for receiving and responding to complaints about construction vibration.
26. The CNVMP shall be implemented and maintained throughout the entire construction period and shall be updated when necessary.
27. The Requiring Authority shall undertake a condition survey of the carriageway along the designated route and submit it to the Council prior to the commencement of construction. The condition survey shall include but not be limited to a photographic or video record of the carriageway along the designated route.
28. An overarching TMP shall be prepared for the Project and any future major programmed maintenance renewal or replacement works. The TMP should set out general processes for the submission of the appropriate Site Specific Traffic Management Plan (“SSTMP”) to the Council and should address the following:
a. the staging of the works including details of any proposals to work on multiple sections of the route concurrently;
b. general methodology for determining when works will be undertaken on various road types (e.g. arterials, local roads etc);
c. general methodology for selecting detour routes; and
d. identification of any potential road closures and provision for emergency vehicles.
29. The TMP shall be provided to the Council at least one month prior to commencement of the Project or relevant Project stage.
30. SSTMPs shall be prepared for the Project or relevant Project stage, by a suitably qualified person. SSTMPs are to be provided to the Council with an application for the required Road Opening Notice (RON) prior to any work commencing on the relevant Project stage to which the SSTMP relates.
31. SSTMPs shall be provided to the Council no less than 15 working days prior to the commencement of construction.
32. SSTMPs shall describe the measures that will be taken to avoid, remedy or mitigate the traffic effects associated with construction of the Project or relevant Project stage. In particular, SSTMPs shall describe:
a. traffic management measures to mitigate impact on traffic capacity at peak hours during weekdays and weekends;
b. where road closures are deemed necessary by the Council, details of any road closures that will be required and the nature and duration of any traffic management measures that will result, including any temporary restrictions, detours or diversions for general traffic and buses;
c. the capacity of proposed detour route(s) and their sufficiency to carry the additional traffic volumes and any safety issues associated with the detour route, including mitigation measures where required;
d. specific traffic management plans across arterial intersections such as Aspiring Avenue/Mathews Road, Te Irirangi Drive, and Great South Road;
e. where the route crosses intersections with Regional Arterial roads, measures to maintain the existing number of lanes during the weekday peak periods of 7am – 9am and 4pm – 6pm except with prior approval of the Road Controlling Authority.
f. provisions for safe and efficient access of construction vehicles and methods to manage the effects of the delivery of construction material, plant and machinery, including the potential effects of High Sided Vehicles and construction machinery on trees that overhang the designation;
g. measures to maintain, where practicable, existing vehicle access to property in order to enable, as far as practicable, normal operations on the property to continue, or to provide alternative access arrangements;
h. measures to maintain, where practicable, pedestrian and cyclist access on roads and footpaths adjacent to the construction works. Such access shall be safe, clearly identifiable and seek to provide the shortest and most convenient detours where such detours are necessary;
i. proposed monitoring to measure the impact of the works on traffic and the impact of the traffic management measures;
j. definition of the proposed construction zone and area available for traffic; and the location of barriers and fences to protect the construction site;
k. measures to maintain the normal day-to-day operations of public transport providers, or proposed alternatives where changes are required;
l. any temporary changes in speed limit;
m. provision of safe and efficient access of construction vehicles to and from the construction site, including the movement of construction traffic on local roads; and
n. the measures that will be undertaken by the Requiring Authority to communicate traffic management measures to affected road users and stakeholders.
33. SSTMPs shall be prepared following consultation with the following key stakeholders:
a. road controlling authorities;
b. emergency services (police, fire and ambulance);
c. local business associations;
d. Auckland Regional Transport Authority (or its successor) and any bus operators which operate scheduled services along the route;
e. schools and childcare centres with frontage or access to roads where works are taking place; and
f. Auckland Airport.
34. The Requiring Authority shall provide, where practicable, two temporary traffic lanes adjacent to the construction works on roads carrying more than 5000 vehicles per day. In this respect the construction equipment and process shall be modified where practicable to achieve the lane provisions required. In addition, details of the hours of work for works on or adjacent to these roads shall be provided.
35. All TMPs (including SSTMPs) shall be consistent with the New Zealand Transport Agency Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management which applies at the time of construction.
36. All TMPs (including SSTMPs) shall be subject to an independent safety and traffic operational audit prior to being submitted to the Council.
37. As soon as practicable following completion of construction the Requiring Authority shall:
a. repair any damage to public carriageways and footpaths (and associated road components) resulting from the impacts of construction. Such repair may involve short-term maintenance to allow for settling and consolidation of carriageways prior to final repair by the Requiring Authority; and
b. re-grass areas (including berms) that were previously grassed.
38. The Requiring Authority shall review the design details of the works in the vicinity of Hodges Road and Thomas Road having regard to the Council’s future development plans for the Flat Bush Area. In this respect, the Requiring Authority shall, inter alia, for that portion of the pipeline east of Adamson Road:
a. design the vertical alignment of the pipeline such that any future public road constructed over the pipeline can be designed in accordance with the ‘Austroads Guide to Road Design’ – Part 3, Geometric design and Part 4, Intersections and crossings; and
b. review the vertical alignment of the pipeline across the Hodges Road gullies in consultation with the Council, including review of options to place the pipeline across the gullies on a pipe bridge, in an embankment, or in a trench following the current vertical profile of the ground, with the objective of the review being to confirm a vertical alignment for the pipeline which does not result in unreasonable constraints on the Council at the time the road is constructed.
The Requiring Authority shall submit detailed plans for the watermain in the Flat Bush area to the Council at least six months prior to construction, to provide an opportunity for the Council to co-ordinate their future development works with the proposed construction of the watermain.
39. On completion of construction within Council roads and State Highways, all works shall be reinstated in accordance with the Code of Practice for Working in Roads which applies at the date that the contract for the relevant Project stage is awarded, unless otherwise agreed between the Requiring Authority and the road controlling authority.
40. A completion report for each Project Stage shall be submitted to the Council detailing the reinstatement works on all public roads including Quality Assurance records.
41. The Requiring Authority shall submit to the Council, detailed as-built drawings in accordance with the Council’s Quality Assurance Manual (QAM) within three months of the commissioning of each stage of the pipeline.
42. Construction hours shall be generally as follows, except where work is necessary outside the specified days or hours for the purposes specified in Conditions
42(a) to (e) below.
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Monday to Friday: 7am to 9pm;
- Saturday: 8am to 5pm; and
- Sundays and public holidays: No Work.
43. Purposes for which work may occur outside of the specified days or hours are:
a. where work is specifically required to be planned to be carried out at low traffic times (for example, excavation across busy intersections);
b. for delivery of large equipment;
c. in cases of emergency;
d. for securing of the site or removing a traffic hazard; and / or
e. for any other reason specified in the CMP or SSTMP.
44. The Requiring Authority shall prepare a Communications Plan (“CP”) setting out:
a. the method/s of consultation and liaison with key stakeholders and the owners/ occupiers of neighbouring properties regarding the likely timing and duration of works, alternative routes, access to properties and any proposed alterations to public transport services;
b. details of prior consultation or community liaison undertaken with the owners/occupiers of neighbouring properties, key stakeholders, schools, public transport providers, emergency services or representative groups regarding proposed road or lane closures, potential diversions and delays, including outlining any measures developed with such persons or groups to manage or to mitigate any adverse effects or inconvenience that may arise; and
c. full contact details for the person appointed to manage the public information system and be the point of contact for related inquiries.
45. The Requiring Authority shall submit the CP to the Council at least one (1) month prior to construction commencing on any defined stage.
46. When providing details as to how impacts of construction on trees and vegetation will be managed in the CMP, as required by condition 10, the following shall apply: [six detailed criteria included in conditions]
47. Following the completion of construction the Requiring Authority shall provide a monitoring report to the Council that lists all trees, in accordance with condition 39(a), that were subject to any cutting or damage of the roots, trunk, or canopy to an extent deemed more than minor by the Requiring Authority’s arborist.
48. Detailed protocols for the management of archaeological and waahi tapu discoveries shall be developed by the Requiring Authority in consultation with tangata whenua and the New Zealand Historic Places Trust prior to construction.
49. The Requiring Authority shall employ a qualified archaeologist who shall:
a. prior to the commencement of works in the vicinity of the south bank of the Waiokauri Creek, engage an archaeologist to mark out the extent of the intact lens of site R11/ 1111;
b. be on site to monitor earthworks in rural land adjoining the Waiokauri Creek, including surface stripping of the site, to establish whether any sub-surface archaeological features are present; and
c. upon completion of the works, the archaeologist shall certify to the Council in writing whether or not any archaeological features have been discovered.
50. Subject to Condition 51, if any archaeological sites, including human remains are exposed during site works then the following procedures shall apply:
a. immediately after it becomes apparent that an archaeological or traditional site has been exposed, all site works in the immediate vicinity shall cease;
b. the Requiring Authority shall immediately secure the area so that any artefacts or remains are untouched; and
c. the Requiring Authority shall notify tangata whenua, the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the Council (and in the case of human remains, the New Zealand Police) as soon as practicable that an archaeological site has been exposed so that appropriate action can be taken. Works shall not recommence in the immediate vicinity of the archaeological site until any approval required from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust has been obtained.
51.
Condition 50 shall not apply where the Requiring Authority holds all relevant approvals under the Historic Places Act 1993, apart from the requirement in the case of discovery of human remains to contact tangata whenua and the New Zealand Police.
52. The Requiring Authority shall notify the Council immediately on identification of any contamination found along the pipeline route which was not identified in the reports submitted in support of the Notice of Requirement, including contaminated soil, surface water or groundwater. Any contamination that is discovered shall be investigated, remediated, disposed of and reported on (including validation) in accordance with the Ministry for the Environment Contaminated Land Management Guidelines and the relevant guidelines addressing contaminants from specific industries or activities.
53. When contractors' yards or other temporary works areas are no longer required for any construction or operational purpose, all buildings, structures and associated activities (including site offices, storage and equipment sheds, fencing and hard stand areas) shall be removed and the area reinstated to at least the standard which existed prior to commencement of works.
54. Reinstatement of the Manukau Sports Bowl (1 & 19R Boundary Road) shall be undertaken in accordance with a specific site reinstatement plan, including proposed landscaping and maintenance, as agreed with Council’s Manager – Parks.
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