Regional Transport Committee Tuesday 11 June 2024 at 11.00am

Regional Transport Committee

11 June 2024

Regional Transport Committee Tabled Agenda

Meeting to be held in the NRC Council Chamber

36 Water Street, Whangārei

on Tuesday 11 June 2024, commencing at 11.00am

Recommendations contained in the agenda are NOT decisions of the meeting. Please refer to minutes for resolutions.

Item                                                                                                                      Page

3.0A   Receipt of Tabled Items                                                         3

8.0      Nga Ripoata Mahi / Operational Matters

8.7      Stock Truck Effluent Facility Kauri Saleyards                      4

Regional Transport Committee ITEM: 8.7

11 June 2024

TITLE:	Receipt of Tabled Report: Stock Truck Effluent Facility Kauri Saleyards
From:	Louisa Gritt, Group Manager - Community Resilience

Executive summary

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The purpose of this report is to place before the council a Tabled item for inclusion in the council meeting agenda. The report includes the recommendation that the Tabled item be received.

Recommendation

That as permitted under section 46A(7) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 the following Tabled report be received:

· Stock Truck Effluent Facility Kauri Saleyards

Regional Transport Committee                                                        Tabled item: 8.7a

11 June 2024

TITLE:	Stock Truck Effluent Facility Kauri Saleyards
From:	Louisa Gritt, Group Manager - Community Resilience
Authorised by Group Manager/s:	Louisa Gritt, Group Manager - Community Resilience, on 06 June 2024

Whakarāpopototanga / Executive summary

Councillor Reid has raised concerns regarding the Kauri Stock effluent facility closure and has requested that this be included as a discussion item on the RTC agenda given its significance as a critical piece of infrastructure for all stock carriers.

The stock effluent facility was situated at the Kauri saleyards site due to it being a regional facility that attracted most of the stock truck traffic in Northland. The stock truck effluent facility is situated on land leased from the owners, who ran the saleyards. The solids are trucked away from the site and the effluent from the facility was pumped into the saleyard’s oxidation ponds.

The lease for the Whangarei District Council’s Stock Effluent Disposal site has been canceled because the saleyards at Kauri have closed and their oxidation ponds that were being used for the effluent are being decommissioned.

The saleyards property is currently being marketed for sale.

The lease agreement only gave Council one months’ notice of closure, and did not give sufficient time to organise alternatives for the effluent disposal during this time. The stock truck effluent facility has had to be closed.

The National Road Carriers Association was advised of the intended closure and the site has been shut down and fenced off. 

The original site was developed in consultation with industry representatives, and it has been agreed the Stock Truck Effluent Working Party for the Northland Region, originally run by the NRC, will be reinstated to investigate the best location for a replacement facility in the Whangarei District as well as consider additional sites that may be required across the region.

Finding an appropriate location for a replacement facility is likely to be further complicated by the proposal for the four laning and bypass of the Brynderwyns section of SH1.

Ngā mahi tūtohutia / Recommendation

That the report ‘Stock Truck Effluent Facility Kauri Saleyards’ by Louisa Gritt, Group Manager - Community Resilience and dated 6 June 2024, be received.

Background/Tuhinga

Not applicable.

Attachments/Ngā tapirihanga

Nil