Those Good Ideas Made The Herald

Written by Ben Ross - Talking Auckland

Some basic ideas both small and large for a Future Auckland

 

Manukau Metro Town Centre MK 1 4 pocket park. Reference for the Sketch Up Pocket Park: http://land8.com/photo/athens-urban-park-exparking/next?context=user
Manukau Metro Town Centre MK 1 4 pocket park. Reference for the Sketch Up Pocket Park: http://land8.com/photo/athens-urban-park-exparking/next?context=user

Last week in part of 175 year celebrations for Auckland the Herald ran a series on how a Future Auckland could be. The Herald then asked for readers ideas on their take for a Future Auckland so I decided to give it a shot and see where it went.

Well last Saturday four of the five ideas made it as bullet points.

 

From the Weekend Herald

Auckland City trams: Back to the future?

5:00 AM Saturday Jan 31, 2015 By Andrew Laxon
Trams could be heading into Auckland city again, almost 60 years after the original tracks were torn up. Andrew Laxon asks whether this time the plans will get out of the station

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In response to our series this week, Herald readers list what they would like to see in the city.

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Ben Ross

• Audit parks in Auckland to find out which ones are being utilised. If parks are not being used, or if some have spare space, convert them into community gardens.

• Manukau South Rail Link: build a single rail line from the main Southern Line to Manukau Line which would allow direct Papakura to Manukau services.

• Consider developing a second CBD in Manukau to complement existing Auckland CBD. This concept is already being developed in Sydney, with the New South Wales Government planning to develop Parramatta as Sydney’s second CBD. The Manukau CBD would be a secondary hub which services all of Southern Auckland, the northern Waikato and the heavy industrial complexes.

• A separate price system for short bus trips, especially for school children who might only be travelling a kilometre to their designated stop.

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Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11394366

 

Not sure how that last bullet point made it but hey it looks fine giving a 50 cent coin fare what is deemed a shuttle run.

 

The original five ideas can be seen here: https://voakl.net/2015/01/27/my-5-ideas-for-a-betterauckland/

I can say the response back on those four ideas above were received quite well 😀

 

So maybe Council might implement them?

We shall see in due time.