Part 1 - Palmerston North City Council

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Before any works start, Stockpile Site 1 and the surrounding area will be fenced off to prevent public access
to the site. Access will be maintained along the Esplanade Walkway between the river and golf course. It is
noted that part of the Esplanade Walkway is currently shared with the access track between Albert Street
and the proposed stockpile area. To address this, prior to any works commencing on the site a Health and
Safety plan will be developed for the works and site that will address the shared access arrangement and
seek to eliminate, isolate or minimise risks and hazards associated with this, as is required under the Health
and Safety in Employment Act.
Effects on spiritual and cultural values
The works are proposed to occur within the current active channel of the river and on land where the river
has flowed in the past. It is unlikely that any archaeological sites exist within the active river channel or past
channels as any such sites would most likely have been washed away by the river.
No archaeological sites are known to exist within the subject site itself, however given the location of the
nearby Te Motu o Poutoa pa site it is possible that archaeological sites or remains may be discovered at the
base of the cliff where debris has slipped from above. During the PNCC Plan Change 2 process a Protocol
for the Accidental Discovery of Archaeological Sites was developed for the works at the site. This protocol is
attached to this report as Appendix F and outlines the process to be followed in the event that an
archaeological site is discovered including the cessation of works. It is proposed to adhere to this protocol
should any site or remains be discovered at the work site.
It is noted that an archaeological site T24/22 is recorded with the New Zealand Archaeological Association
as being located near the Esplanade Walkway between the site and the Manawatu Golf Course. While not
within the subject site an authority from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust is being sought for the works
near the site separately to this application.
Traffic Effects
It is expected that up to 15 truck and trailer loads of rock per day will be delivered to the site. In addition,
transporters will deliver the necessary machinery to the site as required throughout the works and light
vehicles will visit the site on a daily basis with various personal such as machinery operators, engineers,
MWRC staff, and other such persons required to carry out or oversee the works.
Access to the site will be from Albert Street. Contracts for the rock supply or construction works have not
been let at this stage so there is some uncertainty as to where most of the traffic will come from. However,
if sourced from the Aokautere side of the river then heavy vehicles will travel across the Fitzherbert Bridge,
along Te Awe Awe Street and Albert Street to the site. If rock is sourced from the city side of the river then
it is likely that heavy vehicles will travel along Main and Albert Streets or alternatively from Fitzherbert
Avenue, Te Awe Awe Street and Albert Street to the site. It is anticipated that the roading network will
accommodate the expected level of traffic with no difficulty.
One of the benefits of sourcing as much material as possible for the proposed works from the river itself, is
that it minimises traffic movements and any associated short term effects that this causes.
Effects from Noise
Noise will primarily arise from machinery working, from trucks unloading rock and from vehicles travelling
to and from the site. Probably the most significant source of noise will be from the unloading of rock with
noise generated as the rock slides from the truck trays. As stated, there will be up to 15 truck and trailer
movements for unloading rock at the site per day. This noise will be mitigated by limiting the hours that
trucks can deliver rock to certain hours, as outlined below, by the distance between the stockpile area and
the nearest dwellings (approximately 500 metres) and by the mass of the existing stopbanks along the river
providing a physical barrier between the stockpile area and any dwellings.
Hours of truck movements: Monday to Friday: 7:00am to 7:00pm
Saturday:
7:30am to 1:30pm
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