Transport In Draft Auckland Plan
A bit Saddened I have finally gotten through reading the Agenda for the Auckland Council Future Vision Committee meeting on the 22nd of February (see embedded link below) which outlined Chapters 5 (environment), 7 (rural Auckland), and 11 (transport). Now I submitted on chapters seven and eleven to an extent and was interesting to … Read more
A Small Tactical Victory
One of my Points made it through There has been much debate about the consultation process of The Draft Auckland Plan. The Plan was long and complex at a combined length of over 800 pages long (this includes sub-plans like The City Centre Master Plan) and not much to get a submission ready on … Read more
A Piece from Auckland Council’s Submission to The Productivity Report
Defying Logic and Reason I was reading through the Auckland Council Future Vision Committee Agenda for the 17th when I noticed this piece on page 186 of the agenda: This is in relation to Auckland Council’s submission to The Productivity Commission late last year with the said Commission posting a report. This is Council’s … Read more
Round Three of Auckland Plan Deliberations Begin
Round Three of The Draft Auckland Plan Deliberations begin at Auckland Council on February 17. You can read the agenda and deliberations that have happened already. Seems my pet chapters (7, 8 and 11) are going to be last ! Ah well – I await their turn. The Agenda for the Auckland Council … Read more
Councillors knock back ‘Jafa taxes’ – National – NZ Herald News
Councillors knock back ‘Jafa taxes’ – National – NZ Herald News. A pity I was not at the Auckland Council Strategy and Finance Committee meeting yesterday, by the sounds of the NZ Herald and certain councillors posting on social media today it was a lively one. From what I can gather and guessed the … Read more
Alternative Auckland Transport Plan – Mini Series – #2
First Insight into Alternative Auckland Transport Plan – Reflecting Changes at Port of Auckland Embedded below is a supplementary document giving an introductory insight into my Alternative Auckland Transport Plan. The document reflects the developments at Port of Auckland in which, can either be moved to south-east Auckland or stays where it is and … Read more
Alternative Auckland Transport Plan – Mini Series – #1
My Alternative Auckland Transport Plan – A Mini Series Yesterday I said I would post an alternative to what is floating around as proposals for Auckland‘s Transport Projects – rather than having a whine and participating in the Stalinist vs Neo Liberal Cock Fight that sprung up. Today I begin a new Mini Series … Read more
Man trapped in upturned car on railway tracks – National – NZ Herald News
Man trapped in upturned car on railway tracks – National – NZ Herald News. Irony would have it my train had just passed that scene and was at Middlemore when the call decided to visit the railroad in an unconventional and unorthodox manner. I wonder if the Down Main driver (the one who saw it while at … Read more
Asset sales out of Auckland transport debate – Politics – NZ Herald News
Asset sales out of Auckland transport debate – Politics – NZ Herald News. The Traditional Left vs Right cock-fight has begun on how to fund Auckland‘s Transport projects (whether road or rail) in the wider community. You can fathom the two camps with Len Brown and Mike Lee cheer-leading the Left and John Key (notice how … Read more
