Boffa Miskell Ltd | Waihi North Project | Landscape and Visual Effects | 29 existing access to the magazine will increasingly become integrated within surrounding areas of pasture. VS7: State Highway 25 Located along SH25, this viewpoint is representative of road users and adjoining properties off SH25 which are located on slightly more elevated land to the south at distances of approximately 2km from the proposed WRS. Views obtained from this location are panoramic and open and are characterised by the rural outlook and its interplay with the Coromandel Ranges. The site features as part of the midground view against a backdrop of rising vegetated topography. Tree stands and shelterbelts feature within the view and obscure the lower portions of the site. With existing and proposed vegetation screening views of the surface infrastructure, the change in view as a result of the project will be primarily focused on the WRS and upgrading the access to the magazine area which will modify part of the middle and upper elevated positions of the site’s topography. Once the site is rehabilitated, this will not feature, and the area occupied will read as a continuation of the rural landscape with the topography recontoured and pasture re-established. VS8: Corbett Road This view is positioned at an approximate mid-point of Corbett Road and represents road users and a nearby residential dwelling at 17 Corbett Road. The view is orientated in a north west direction focused toward the Willows Road site, although it is recognised that the views obtained from this location are panoramic and include a broad rural area. The view obtained includes features typical of a working rural landscape including farm buildings, pasture fields, farm tracks, hedges and tree stands. In this context the Willows Road site is in the midground of the view and vegetation in the lower reaches features where the folding hillsides meet the lower lying areas. From here, the WRS and upgrade to the existing access to the magazine will be visible on the hillside within the site over a distance of approximately 1.8 kilometres. As this is progressively formed then subsequently removed this will appear as a localised modification which extends along a localised area of skyline in the context of a wider rural outlook. The vegetation that features in the lower portions of the site will screen the proposed surface infrastructure and the majority of the associated topsoil storage areas. As the WRS is progressively removed and rehabilitated, the site will be returned to pasture consistent with the existing rural outlook. VS9: State Highway 25 This view is obtained from the road corridor and is orientated west, toward the Willows Road site. The view captures the representative outlook of road users in this location and also reflects views obtained from residential properties in the vicinity accessed from the state highway. The outlook for these viewing audiences is similar to those within the broader viewing area in that the views are wide and panoramic and feature the low-lying arable farmland which then rises in elevation to meet the pasture covered hillsides of the Coromandel Foothills (including the Willows Road site) and Coromandel Ranges beyond. The character of the rural outlook is also supported by surrounding rural elements which include rural buildings and exotic plantings which bisect the various fields. The change in view as a result of the project during implementation will be the formation then removal of the WRS that will appear on a distant hillside within the site over a distance of approximately 2.5 kilometres. The WRS will evolve over time during this period in the context of established rural land use. Once removed this will retain the existing wider rural context and outlook.
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