A Question for Auckland

 

Stuart in his 100 Days Project (for Auckland) put up a thought provoke project that Auckland should consider.

It was:

An enlargement of that picture:

 

Depending how you answer that question (Auckland? Connected Communities or (isolated) villages) is how you would react to wider schemes such as the Auckland Plan and the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan.

 

In short those “villages” won’t lose their “feel” if they are interconnected with each other. In fact I would argue as a Geographer those villages rather than being isolated snow-globes would benefit highly from being interconnected with everyone else in Auckland. Put it this way we are seeing some villages stagnating if not dying right now. Being interconnected would go a long way in turning that around. It would also be helpful if Council was a bit more proactive outside the City Centre than it currently is. That said I have seen the 10 Spatial Priorities Plan from the draft Long Term Plan 2015-2025 discussions I think that warrants a sit down and flesh this out some more.

Mean time I see Luke has gotten his Walking in Manukau post published up on Transport Blog. Will be a very interesting read as TB don’t often come down to the South.