Infrastructure projects can provide huge opportunities to uplift and enhance landscape values. Isthmus has been working with Waka Kotahi, iwi partners Muaūpoko and hapū of Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, and project collaborators to ensure that the design for Ōtaki to north of Levin highway (Ō2NL) treads lightly with the whenua and leaves an enduring legacy in replacing one of the most dangerous sections of State Highway 2 in Aotearoa. Landscape improvements will be locked into the project through a Cultural and Environmental Design Framework (CEDF) and ongoing design audit process.
The current version of the CEDF formed part of the project’s consent application package— it embeds the cultural and environmental outcomes, as will be carried forward through ongoing audits with the partners. The consent CEDF describes the design concepts of the project, and complements the Design and Construction Report. It will continue to be updated through the next stages of Ō2NL – by two Alliance teams, at the next stage of design and construction of the final 24km section of the Wellington Northern Corridor (SH1) programme.
Read more about the structure and contents of the CEDF here.
Project collaborators: Stantec, Wildlands, EOSEcology, Incite Archaeology, Altissimo, Stephen Chiles, Beca, Buddle Findlay, The Policy Shop, AMConsulting, Property Group, Resolve, Tonkin and Taylor.