Chapter 8 - Public Access In terms of the duties under Section 35 of the Act to gather information, monitor and keep records, the Council has to make reasonably available, amongst other things, information on the location and area of all esplanade reserves, esplanade strips and access strips. Some of these reserves/strips may have been taken for public access reasons and this information can be provided to the public on request. This information will also be made available through the Council’s reporting processes on state of the environment monitoring and on the effectiveness and efficiency of policies, rules or other methods in the Plan - this last reporting process is a requirement of the Act (s.35(2A)). One of the roles of the riparian management strategy is to investigate the appropriateness of existing riparian management detailed in this and other chapters and the rules contained in Volume Two of the Plan. If, following this investigation, changes to plan provisions are required then those changes will be pursued through the plan change process. 8.5 Anticipated Environmental Results Implementation of the policies and methods relating to public access will result in: • Public access maintained to at least current levels, and wherever practicable enhanced; and • Improved access through the acquisition of esplanade reserves and negotiation of esplanade strips. 8 - 5