Arawhata Wetland Project
This project has been referred to an expert consenting panel for fast-track consenting under the Covid-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting Act 2020).
Project ID
2023-150
Applicant
Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council
Project summary
To construct, operate and maintain a wetland complex across 119 hectares in the Arawhata Stream catchment to enhance water quality, ecology and cultural values.
Location
269 and 308 Hokio Beach Road, 217 Arawhata Road, Levin and adjacent land (legally described as Section 4 Survey Office Plan 465440). The project will include works within the Hokio Beach Road and Arawhata Road reserves.
Referred projects order
Schedule 92 to the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Order 2020 [New Zealand Legislation website]
The project will:
- generate approximately 45 direct full time equivalent (FTE) jobs over a 3-year design and construction period
- improve environmental outcomes for freshwater quality and indigenous biodiversity
- progress faster than would otherwise be the case under standard Resource Management Act 1991 process.
Any actual and potential effects on the environment, and proposed measures to avoid, remedy, mitigate, offset, or compensate for any adverse effects, can be appropriately tested by an expert consenting panel against Part 2 of the Resource Management Act 1991 and the purpose of the Act.
Section 17 report
Section 17 report [PDF, 1.1 MB]