Notice of Requirement - Northern Arterial Route

Hastings District Council gives notice of its requirement for a designation in the Hastings District Plan for a public work as a “District Arterial Road” (known as the Northern Arterial Route (NAR).

The Notice of Requirement seeks to designate land between the Hawke’s Bay Expressway intersection at Evenden Road in the west, along the northern edge of Hastings City through to the Crosses Road/Napier Road intersection in Havelock North.

The full length of the ‘NAR’ road corridor is approximately 7.5 kilometres. The Notice of Requirement seeks to designate approximately 5.0 kilometres of the route as “District Arterial” (as Evenden Road and Crosses Road are already designated as District Arterial Roads in the Hastings District Plan), commencing from a point in Evenden Road approximately 180 metres west of Pakowhai Road to a point on Crosses Road approximately 105 metres east of St Georges Road.

The proposed route extends along the northern edge of Hastings City towards Havelock North, utilising Coventry Road and part of the A and P Showgrounds, and intersects with, Pakowhai Road, Tomoana Road, Karamu Road (State Highway 2), and St Georges Road. The proposed route is in the general vicinity of Williams Street, Richmond Road, Elwood Road, Kenilworth Road, Collinge Road, Jubilee Street, Nicholson Street and Jellicoe Street.

The full length of the road corridor (showing the existing and proposed) is illustrated below:

Map

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Plans showing specific properties affected by the Northern Arterial alignment are shown in the Notice of Requirement documentation.

This Notice of Requirement to designate land for the Northern Arterial Route (NAR) is associated with Proposed Plan Change 43: Jellicoe & Jubilee Street Residential Zoning Extension which is the subject of a separate submission process.

Summary of Proposed Works

The works proposed are described in detail in the Notice of Requirement documentation. In summary the works involve:

• Construction, operation and maintenance of a sealed two lane arterial road
• Intersection connections to the local road network at Pakowhai Road, Tomoana Road, Karamu Road (State Highway 2), and St Georges Road
• Development of a level railway crossing
• Construction of two bridge structures and drainage works
• Property access improvements
• Construction of a noise fence adjacent to the end of Jubilee Street and Jellicoe Street
• Removal and replacement of vegetation and fencing
• Landscaping along the length of the road

Summary of Objectives

The designation will enable Hastings District Council to achieve its objectives for the Northern Arterial Project to:

• Provide a high quality, safe and efficient route between Havelock North and the Expressway that reduces congestion on Havelock Road and traffic flows on existing residential streets in the northern parts of Hastings
• Provide access from Havelock North and the Expressway to the northern parts of Hastings without the need for vehicles to pass through the central business district and the residential suburbs of Parkvale, Mayfair and Mahora
• To minimise the through movement of heavy vehicles on residential streets by linking the present and future industrial areas.

Read the Notice of Requirement & Background Documents

• Hastings NAR Overview Report and Notice of Requirement (PDF 414kB)
• Assessment of Environmental Effects - Volume 1 (PDF 1.78MB)
• Assessment of Environmental Effects – Volume 2 – Technical Reports
  • Appendix 1a: Preliminary Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) (1996) (CDROM only)
  • Appendix 1b: Preliminary Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) Supplementary  Report (1996) (PDF 668kB)
  • Appendix 1c: Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) (1999) (CDROM only)
  • Appendix 2: Privy Council Decision (2001) (PDF 600kB)
  • Appendix 3a: Overview of Heritage Features and the Northern Arterial Alignment (PDF 2MB)
  • Appendix 3b: Hastings Northern Arterial Heritage Assessment (2005) (PDF 2.9MB)
  • Appendix 4: Karamu Road to Crosses Road Alternatives Report (2007) (PDF 3.3MB)
  • Appendix 5:Traffic Impact Assessment (2007) (CDROM only)
  • Appendix 6a: Pakowhai Road to Railway Section Alternatives Report (2007) (PDF 4.6MB)
  • Appendix 6b: Railway to Karamu Road Section Alternatives Report (2007) (PDF 1.8MB)
  • Appendix 6c: Karamu Road to Crosses Road Section Alternatives Report (2007) (PDF 4.8MB)
  • Appendix 7: Traffic Noise Assessment and Mitigation (2005) and Update Letter (2007) (PDF 656kB)
  • Appendix 8a: Stormwater Management Report (2003) (PDF 833kB)
  • Appendix 8b: HBRC Response to Stormwater Management Report (2005) (PDF 407kB)
  • Appendix 8c: Stormwater Management Report Update (2007) (PDF 957kB)
  • Appendix 9: Consultation Database (PDF 3MB)
  • Appendix 10: Impact on Adjacent Horticultural Properties and Spray Drift Issues (2005) (PDF 1.4MB)
  • Appendix 11: Landscape Concepts (2006) and Update Letter and Concept (2007) (PDF 1.2MB)
  • Appendix 12a: Hastings Cycling Strategy (2001) (PDF 2.8MB)
  • Appendix 12b: Hastings Cycling Strategy Review (2007) (PDF 6MB)
  • Appendix 13: Hastings Walking Strategy (2004) (PDF 3.5MB)
  • Appendix 14: District Plan Maps Showing Indicative Route (PDF 2.4MB)
  • Appendix 15: Hastings Arterial Sequencing Report (PDF 2.8MB)
  • Appendix 16: Hawke’s Bay Regional Traffic Study (2004) (CDROM only)
• Assessment of Environmental Effects – Volume 3 – A3 Plans (PDF 7.5MB)
  (includes scheme drawings and land requirement drawings for designation purposes)

The Notice of Requirement and accompanying information may also be inspected at:

• Resource Management, 2nd floor, Hastings District Council, 207 Lyndon Road East, Hastings;
• Hastings, Flaxmere and Havelock North libraries;
• The Council’s website www.hastingsdc.govt.nz.

Further Information Reports (provided after notification)

• Road Safety Audit Report Recommendations (PDF 1.8MB)
• Economic Impact Assessment (December 2007) prepared by Sean Bevin (PDF 125kB)
• Arborist Reports (December 2007) prepared by Janet Macpherson (PDF 5.8MB)
• Hastings Emissions Assessment Due to the NAR (January 2008) prepared by Gabites Porter (PDF 397kB)

Submissions

Submissions closed 4.30pm Friday 1 February 2008. A total of 95 submissions were received.

• Submissions Part 1 (PDF 3.67MB)
• Submissions Part 2 (PDF 5.15MB)

More Information

For more information on this plan change, please contact Sara Field on 06 871 5000 email:saraf@hdc.govt.nz