Notice is hereby given that the Crown, under the provisions of section 23 of the Public Works Act 1981, proposes to take the land described in the Schedule hereto ("the land").
The land is required for road and it is intended to use the land to form part of State Highway No. 2.
The intended taking is considered reasonably necessary for the safe and convenient use of the road.
The land is sandwiched between the State highway and the railway line and affecting the land is unavoidable.
The owner of the land and those persons with a registered interest in it have been served with notice of the Crown's intention to take their land and their right to object.
Any other person having the right to object may send a written objection to the Registrar, Environment Court, Tribunals Division, Department for Courts, P.O. Box 5027, Wellington, within 20 working days after the date of publication of this notice.
If any objection is made in accordance with this notice, a public hearing will be heard with the right of the objector to appear and be heard personally unless the objector otherwise requires, and each objector will be informed of the time and place of the hearing.
Any person requiring further information in respect of this advice should contact Farquhar Somerville, The Property Group Limited, P.O. Box 12-066, Palmerston North. Telephone: (06) 356 1962.
Schedule
Wellington Land District-Tararua District
203 square metres, being part Section 7, Block VII, Woodville Survey District and being all of the land contained in certificate of title WN L4/360 (Wellington Land Registry).
The land to be taken is at the intersection of State Highway No. 2 and Powdrell Road.
Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of November 2001.
MATT ROBSON, Minister for Land Information.
(CPC/2000/5988)