First two major transit projects post City Rail Link a GO! Well this was one way to start an Easter Sunday morning: We are working on it right now. … Continue reading Regional Rapid Rail and The Southern Airport Line a (virtual) GO!
Category: Community/Environment
Mill Road Need Not Grandiose Motorways – Simple Fixes Will Get the Road Moving
Start basic and move from there I saw on the Papakura Facebook pages yesterday that a moderate accident had occurred at the intersection of Redoubt Road and Murphy’s Road … Continue reading Mill Road Need Not Grandiose Motorways – Simple Fixes Will Get the Road Moving
#AucklandPlan2050 – Had My Say: In General Support But Plan Lacks Targets
Do not forget to have your say After a month the Auckland Council Have Your Say on the Long Term Plan, and the Auckland Plan 2050 will draw to … Continue reading #AucklandPlan2050 – Had My Say: In General Support But Plan Lacks Targets
Should Manurewa and Papakura Become Unlocks or Transforms (Urban Regeneration)?
Opportunity does await Last week Manurewa-Papakura Ward Councillor Daniel Newman and Manurewa Local Board Angela Dalton made an impassioned plea to the Finance Committee of Auckland Council to have … Continue reading Should Manurewa and Papakura Become Unlocks or Transforms (Urban Regeneration)?
Mt Albert Unitec Housing Project Formally Launches KiwiBuild
Development has potential yield of 4,000 homes And so that Isthmus site that has been rumoured at for the last wee while is finally confirmed: 4,000 new homes at … Continue reading Mt Albert Unitec Housing Project Formally Launches KiwiBuild
UPDATE: Finance and Performance Committee March 18 Digests: Urban Regeneration and No to Manurewa Local Board
Urban regeneration still a pickle, I say no to Manurewa Local Board From Auckland Council: Committee votes to progress urban development – Decision Digest – Finance and Performance committee Published: 20 … Continue reading UPDATE: Finance and Performance Committee March 18 Digests: Urban Regeneration and No to Manurewa Local Board
National Policy Statement on Urban Development MK2: Transit Orientated Developments Present Opportunity
Reach for the sky! So we have the Auckland Spatial Plan and the Auckland Unitary Plan that (or should) dictates that we need capacity for 422,000 new homes for … Continue reading National Policy Statement on Urban Development MK2: Transit Orientated Developments Present Opportunity
My Ideal central Urban Development Authority
Best we have towards a full blown Planning Ministry It has been known before and post election that the (current) Minister of Transport, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Phil … Continue reading My Ideal central Urban Development Authority
The Daisy apartments: why did we do it?
Example Given, Now need more! From The Spinoff: The team behind the Daisy apartment building respond to the fury it unleashed from Mike Hosking. Daisy exists because Ockham Residential … Continue reading The Daisy apartments: why did we do it?
Upper North Island Needs its Version of an Auckland (Spatial) Plan
Inter-Regional Planning Last year I gave a guest lecture to Geography and Environmental Planning students at the University of Waikato on the topic of inter-regional planning between Auckland, the … Continue reading Upper North Island Needs its Version of an Auckland (Spatial) Plan
Talking Southern Auckland 