Early engagement in 2022

In mid-late 2022, we carried out some early engagement including workshops and an online survey. You can read a summary of the survey results here.

Of the respondents who provided additional feedback beyond the survey questions, the key concerns we have been asked to consider are as follows:

• How we operate as the regulatory body and what can be improved upon
• Environmental impacts, both for and against river-based gravel extraction
• The need to take a long-term view of river management with respect for the impending impacts of climate change
• Long, difficult, and expensive process to gain Resource Consents, needs to be simplified
• Gravel Authorisation process needs improvement
• The contribution of gravel extraction as a means of flood mitigation and road structure (ie bridge pylons) longevity.

If you have further questions about this work, please contact us at gravel@ecan.govt.nz.