Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 28, 2020 4:40:36 GMT 12
THE LONG AWAITED MT MESSENGER BYPASS AND THE IWI VOTE IT HINGES ON
Now one iwi holds the key to the $200 million bypass project that would see State Highway 3 go around the north Taranaki mountain rather than over it.
But without the support of Ngāti Tama, the long awaited Mt Messenger bypass cannot go ahead.
They will swap 20ha of land the road project needs for a 120 hectare parcel that will give them access to their Treaty Settlement land currently "landlocked" by privately owned farms.
The deal comes with pest management scheme the iwi will run and a $7.7m cultural mitigation payment.
As well as the land swap (the land for which has already been purchased by the NZTA for $1.2m) the deal comes with pest management in perpetuity for just under 4000 hectares, White says......
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/121873852/the-long-awaited-mt-messenger-bypass-and-the-iwi-vote-it-hinges-on
Now one iwi holds the key to the $200 million bypass project that would see State Highway 3 go around the north Taranaki mountain rather than over it.
But without the support of Ngāti Tama, the long awaited Mt Messenger bypass cannot go ahead.
They will swap 20ha of land the road project needs for a 120 hectare parcel that will give them access to their Treaty Settlement land currently "landlocked" by privately owned farms.
The deal comes with pest management scheme the iwi will run and a $7.7m cultural mitigation payment.
As well as the land swap (the land for which has already been purchased by the NZTA for $1.2m) the deal comes with pest management in perpetuity for just under 4000 hectares, White says......
www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/121873852/the-long-awaited-mt-messenger-bypass-and-the-iwi-vote-it-hinges-on