Boffa Miskell Ltd | Waihi North Project | Landscape and Visual Effects | 27 visible. Mitigation which includes wetland and terrestrial planting along the margins of the Mataura River will increasingly screen changes from this area. Once the project is complete and rehabilitation has been established, WRS will be removed and the landform reinstated to resemble its existing form. VS2: Willows Road This view is obtained from the roadside to the north-west of 122 Willows Road the nearest property to the east of Willows Road. This north west facing view captures the low-lying pastoral land of the site in the foreground, with the pasture covered land rising in elevation forming a sequence or rolling hillsides. The Coromandel Forest features in the wider context of the view beyond the site. Stands of trees, hedge rows and rural elements including post and wire fences feature throughout the view. The key change brought about by the project from this location would be implementation of site infrastructure beyond a foreground of existing and reinforced vegetation alongside more distant partial views of WRS as it is progressively formed. Carparking areas and storage areas in the southern area of the site are formed beyond bunding containing views towards this area. Existing tree stands and vegetation will continue to maintain visual screening of most surface infrastructure from this location. Once the project is completed and land rehabilitated, WRS will be removed and the recontoured landform being returned to grazing. VS3: Willows Road This view is positioned nearby the residential properties of 111A and 111B, the nearest neighbouring property to the west of Willows Road, in addition to the currently undeveloped 112 Willows Road. The view from this location consists of localised depressions in the landform due to a visible overland flow path in addition to the more distant rising landforms of the site. From here the sequence of hills within the site are not particularly legible due to the presence of tree stands and shelterbelts associated with the rural activities which define this area. The change in view for these viewing audiences will remain limited with proposed surface infrastructure obscured by existing and proposed planting in addition to existing intervening rural structures. The key discernible change relates to a view of the upper portion of the WRS which will rise alongside the elevated topography within the site. During operation, this will form an ongoing working aspect which extends along part of the skyline within this adjoining rural outlook. Once rehabilitated, this temporary landform will be removed and will not feature within the current perceived outlook. VS4: Willows Road Positioned at an approximate mid-point along Willows Road, this viewpoint is principally representative of residents at 65 Willows Road in addition to road users travelling north towards the site. The compilation of the view observed is of a rural landscape characterised by low-lying arable farmland in the foreground which then rises to greater elevations forming a distinctive pasture covered ridgeline which visually relates to the vegetated ridges within the Coromandel Forest Park. Rural elements such as barns, fences and related vegetation patterns (such as tree stands and shelterbelts) are also visible. From here, the majority of Willows Road site will be screened by intervening landform and vegetation, with the exception of the upper portion of the WRS. The WRS will appear visible beyond intervening shelter planting and appear as an extension of the existing folded rural landscape which continues along the skyline to the left of this view. Such modification will remain distinct from the bush clad backdrop of the Coromandel Forest Park which extends to the right of this view. The lower lying surface infrastructure will not be visible from this location due to existing and proposed
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