Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
KiwiRail
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On 24 April 2024 the Commission recommended that KiwiRail satisfy itself that all waterways within the rail corridor, including those owned by third parties, have effective and up-to-date maintenance programmes to ensure that the waterways can function as designed.
Reply Text
This recommendation is under consideration and will require further discussions with external parties.
On 1 April 2025, KiwiRail provided an update:
KiwiRail Submission on Rec:
This recommendation is ( Under consideration )
What we are doing:
There are two parts to this recommendation
Our approach to the two parts have been different by necessity and achievability of the recommendation. The first part is managed through our regular meetings with the regions, inspection reviews and some pending new task instructions for corrective maintenance and inspections of drainage assets. We don;t have specific maintenance programmes for waterways, rather we are targeting standardised and cyclical maintenance for higher risk areas and assets and a pragmatic approach using standard maintenance approaches for wider network locations.
The second part of this recommendation will not be progressed. KiwiRail aren;t responsible for maintenance of third party assets as we do not hold records of assets we don’t own.
Summary:
We are satisfied our actions have addressed this rec and
No further action required
Therefore we are treating this recommendation as closed.
On 1 April 2025, KiwiRail provided an update:
KiwiRail Submission on Rec:
This recommendation is ( Under consideration )
What we are doing:
There are two parts to this recommendation
Our approach to the two parts have been different by necessity and achievability of the recommendation. The first part is managed through our regular meetings with the regions, inspection reviews and some pending new task instructions for corrective maintenance and inspections of drainage assets. We don;t have specific maintenance programmes for waterways, rather we are targeting standardised and cyclical maintenance for higher risk areas and assets and a pragmatic approach using standard maintenance approaches for wider network locations.
The second part of this recommendation will not be progressed. KiwiRail aren;t responsible for maintenance of third party assets as we do not hold records of assets we don’t own.
Summary:
We are satisfied our actions have addressed this rec and
No further action required
Therefore we are treating this recommendation as closed.
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