Part 8 – Network Utilities

8.0    General

The developer is required to make all arrangements with the appropriate network utility for the supply and installation of services for:

• Electric power.
• Telephone.

All reticulation shall be in underground systems in a services corridor of a width acceptable to all utilities (refer to Drawing DG 302).

Under road carriageways and vehicle crossings to private ways, ducts shall be installed to facilitate the installation of the services and future extensions of the networks. 

The developer will be required to provide in the road width for the above ground structures required by the utilities which may include:

• Power transformers.
• Switching stations.
• Phone boxes.
• Telecommunications radio infrastructure.

Where the developer is required to install ducts, the developer shall advise the network utility operator before ducts are backfilled to enable the network utility operator to plot the location.

Council will not issue a certificate under Section 224 of the Resource Management Act 1991 until the relevant clearance certificates are completed and provided to Council.

Where a water or gas main is on the kerb side of a proposed cable, delaying the installation of service connection pipes will facilitate laying of the cable.  Stormwater connections from the boundary to the stormwater system should be carried out before the installation of utility services.

In preparing the engineering plans, due regard shall be given to the requirements of the network utility operators as to:

• Minimum cover to cables.
• Standard alignment.
• Minimum separation distances between power or telephone cables, and gas or water mains.
• The width of berm which must be clear of other services and obstructions to enable efficient service laying operations.

The Developer shall obtain work clearance from each network operator, as appropriate. These work clearances shall be submitted to Council with the application for 224(c) Certificate.