NZTA use bullying offending terms says CEAC
1st March 2019
CEAC press release “Communities are deeply hurt and offended’ NZTA use bullying offending terms such as “to enforce.”
Our residential
communities are now deeply hurt and offended that NZTA would
use such offending objective bullying words such as “to
enforce” in their plans found in a report NZTA produced in
2015 called Napier Port access- a business case” when they
have never even consulted with communities living alongside
their roads who are now adversely affected by their future
planning, & not offered any mitigation for those adverse
effects.
Page 76 of Napier Port access.
December 2015.
“The State Highway
rationalisation programme provides improved connectivity to
the Expressway to enforce the Expressway as the key freight
route through the Hawkes Bay region.”
This road HB Expressway was gazetted The “Hastings
Motorway” in the NZ Gazette in 1962 as a ‘commuter route
to Napier Airport’ for Hastings residents.’
The road is close less than a few meters from Napier residents to the port and north of Napier and was never intended nor designed as a ‘truck route’ as NZTA wishes falsely to make it.
This report clearly shows that
NZTA believes it has absolutely no regulatory environmental
obligations under the RMA to provide health and
environmental protection for the residents who live
alongside an NZTA road network.
https://nzta1.cwp.govt.nz/assets/resources/planning-policy-manual/docs/planning-policy-manual-chapter-3.pdf
This was good Government consideration for residents
in 2007 with transit NZ the road agency was called then as
they did give consideration & care about residents sharing
the residential environment with the road
agency.
3.4
“reflects a context sensitive
approach, including consideration of the environmental,
social and aesthetic values of the local communities
involved and the surrounding area.”
In this 2015 NZTA report there is no mention their activities of considering “reflects a context sensitive approach, including consideration of the environmental, social and aesthetic values of the local communities” in our residential zoned locations today, as future truck routes in their plans would invariably now cause much harm to public health and wellbeing which is now totally unacceptable.
Consideration for such care and
consideration under the RMA was clearly outlined to NZTA
(formerly Transit NZ ) in the Parliamentary Commissioners
report named HB Expressway noise and air Quality issues
June 2005.
No discussion or consultation was ever sought
by NZTA;
https://www.pce.parliament.nz/media/pdfs/Hawkes-Bay-Expressway-Noise-and-air-quality-issues-June-2005.pdf
• NZTA have failed the Government agency ‘environmental responsibility’ under their own regulatory obligations.
• to meet and resolve any
issues or offer any mitigation from this 2015 Napier Port
access report in a sensitive manner.
• Showing a
serious lack of care for ‘community health and
wellbeing’.
• This violates ‘our human rights’
and obligations NZTA has under their RMA obligations stated
under the Parliamentary Commissioner for the environment
report on this (formerly commuter road) now called wrongly
as a HB ‘Expressway’.
We call on the Minister of
Transport to amend NZTA regulations and ‘require them’
become a good citizen to reflect a “sensitive approach,
including consideration of the environmental, social and
aesthetic values of the local communities” and not use
offensive, bullying terms such as “to
enforce”
ends