Stantec // Oceana Gold NZ // Transportation Assessment - Waihi North Project 2 Figure 1: Mine and Access Locations with respect to Road Hierarchy Over-weight and over-dimension vehicles also use the main gates whenever possible, with other secondary accesses being used only when access via the main gates is impractical. Other secondary accesses are available as follows: (a) A secondary access gate to the Martha Pit (northern area) is located on Grey Street appr oximately 115 m north of Dobson Street. This gate is used for infrequent access by heavy vehicles. (b) There are other secondary access gates to the processing area, however these are used relatively infrequently and include: (i) Moore Street approximately 500 m southeast of its intersection with Barry Road is used in cases where an oversize or heavy load cannot access via Baxter Road. It is also used as an alternative to the Baxter Road access on occasions when the Ohinemuri River floods, preventing access via Baxter Road. (ii) Clarke Street is used very infrequently for over-weight or over-dimension vehicles. (iii) Two access gates off Golden Valley Road to the east of Moore Street. These accesses are also used infrequently (average of once a week over a year) by light vehicles for monitoring or exploratory work, and also infrequently for over-dimension loads. 2.2 WUG Site The WUG component of WNP involves constructing an underground mine with a portal and associated infrastructure located on farmland at the end of the Willows Road (the “site”). Willows Road is a short rural road which is currently formed over a distance of 1.3 km from its intersection with SH25. The intersection of SH25 and Willows Road is located approximately 2.3 km northeast of Waihi urban area.
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