Maraekakaho Quarry
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
2022-127
Applicant
R W and M C Gale Family Trust
Project summary
To establish and operate a quarry on approximately 29 hectares of land. The project will include extraction of up to 6.42 million cubic metres of gravel aggregate over a period of up to 20 years, stockpiling processed aggregate on site, upgrading an existing vehicle access off State Highway 50 and establishing a new haul road, constructing infrastructure and structures associated with quarry operations, and site remediation upon completion of quarrying operations. Processing of excavated gravel aggregate will be undertaken on an adjacent site immediately to the north of the project site under existing resource consents held by Russell Roads Limited.
Location
Kereru Road, Maraekakaho, Hawkes Bay.
Referred projects order
Schedule 83 to the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Order 2020 [New Zealand Legislation website]
The project will:
- generate employment by creating approximately 20 direct full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs, and enable further regional employment in construction through providing a supply of aggregate
- facilitate construction of roads and infrastructure in the Hawke’s Bay region
- 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 MB]