Waka Kotahi has lodged, under the Resource Management Act 1991, Notices of Requirement and applications for resource consents with Horizons and Greater Wellington Regional Councils and Horowhenua and Kāpiti Coast District Councils (the Councils). If approved, these applications reflect the key environmental approvals required for the project to be built.
Over the last few years Waka Kotahi, in partnership with Muaūpoko and hapū of Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga have undertaken engagement with councils, stakeholders, road users and community to understand local insights and concerns, contributing to the shaping of the Ōtaki to north of Levin Highway Project (Ō2NL Project).
Note: private information relating to property owners has been redacted from these documents.
Non-technical summary
This document provides a non-technical summary of the documentation and assessments of effects on the environment that have been undertaken as part of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) regulatory process for the Ō2NL Project. It summarises a suite of technical reports that have been prepared to assess the impacts of the Ō2NL Project and which are provided elsewhere on this web page.
Volume I: Notices of requirement for designation; applications for resource consents; and request for determination by the Environment Court
- Greater Wellington Regional Council [PDF, 462 KB]
- Horizon Regional Council [PDF, 581 KB]
- Horowhenua District Council [PDF, 555 KB]
- Kāpiti Coast District Council [PDF, 455 KB]
Volume II: Supporting information and Assessment of Effects on the Environment
- Asessment of Effects on the Environment [PDF, 13 MB] for a designation and application for resource consents supporting information and assessments on effects on the environment
- Appendix 1 - Rule assessment [PDF, 332 KB]
- Appendix 2 - Objectives and policies [PDF, 1.1 MB]
- Appendix 3 - Cultural and environmental design framework consent version [PDF, 19 MB]
- Appendix 4 - Design and construction report [PDF, 49 MB]
- Appendix 5 - Proposed conditions [PDF, 698 KB]
Volume III: Drawings and Plans (updated December 2023)
- Drawing set 1a - General and context [PDF, 3.6 MB]
- Drawing set 1b - Land requirement plans and schedules [PDF, 1.5 MB]
- Drawing set 1c - Designation plans [PDF, 9 MB]
- Drawing set 2 - General arrangements [PDF, 27 MB]
- Drawing set 3 - Geometrics [PDF, 11 MB]
- Drawing set 4 - Geotech details [PDF, 228 KB]
- Drawing set 5 - Stormwater drainage [PDF, 35 MB]
- Drawing set 6 - Structures [PDF, 9.7 MB]
- Drawing set 7 - Accommodation works [PDF, 13 MB]
- Drawing set 8 - Planting [PDF, 20 MB]
- Drawing set 9 - Photo simulations [PDF, 8.6 MB]
- Drawing set 10 - Ecology [PDF, 12 MB]
- Drawing set 11 - Utilities [PDF, 2.2 MB]
- Drawing set 12 - Noise [PDF, 18 MB]
- Drawing set 13 - Erosion and sediment control plans [PDF, 3.6 MB]
Volume IV: Technical assessments
- Technical assessment A - Transport [PDF, 2.8 MB]
- Technical assessment B - Noise and vibration [PDF, 29 MB]
- Technical assessment C - Air quality [PDF, 5.3 MB]
- Technical assessment D - Landscape visual and natural character [PDF, 1.1 MB]
- Technical assessment E - Social impact [PDF, 1.6 MB]
- Technical assessment F - Hydrology and flooding [PDF, 78 MB]
- Technical assessment G - Hydrogeology and groundwater [PDF, 9.1 MB]
- Technical assessment H - Water quality [PDF, 1.2 MB]
- Technical assessment I - Contaminated land [PDF, 35 MB]
- Technical assessment J - Terrestrial ecology [PDF, 30 MB]
- Technical assessment K - Freshwater ecology [PDF, 46 MB]
- Technical assessment L - Archaeology [PDF, 2.1 MB]
- Technical assessment M - Built heritage [PDF, 1.1 MB]
- Technical assessment N - Productive land [PDF, 2.3 MB]
- Technical assessment O - Economics and town centre impacts [PDF, 720 KB]
Volume V: Cultural impact assessments
- Ngāti Huia Collective [PDF, 8.3 MB]
- Muaūpoko [PDF, 14 MB]
- Ngā hapū o Kererū Marae - Kōpūtōroa Stream [PDF, 2.6 MB]
- Ngāti Wehi Wehi [PDF, 3.9 MB]
- Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki [PDF, 1.3 MB]
- Te Iwi ō Ngāti Tukorehe Trust [PDF, 4.3 MB]
Further information
The councils have requested further information about the RMA resource consent applications and notices of requirement and this is provided below:
- Response to request for further information from Kāpiti Coast and Horowhenua District Councils [PDF, 5.7 MB]
- Response to request for further information from Horizons and Greater Wellington Regional Councils [PDF, 543 KB]
- Letter sent to Horowhenua District, Kāpiti Coast District, Greater Wellington Regional and Horizons Regional Councils (21 March 2023) [PDF, 2.7 MB]
Other technical information
A number of investigations have informed the development of the Ō2NL Project and these are provided on the technical reports page. These include the Detailed Business Case and Consideration of Alternatives Multi Criteria Assessments.
