Ranges should be closed From Auckland Council Environment and Community Committee: Committee votes for track closures to fight kauri dieback Today’s Environment and Community Committee had a comprehensive and … Continue reading Council Commits To Half Baked Measure to Protect Kauri in the Waitakere Ranges
Government settling into role, new policy decisions resetting directions Yesterday I was listening to the Prime Minister’s Post Cabinet Presser and this particular nugget came about in regards to … Continue reading Auckland Transport Updates December 2017. Mill Road To Be Scaled Back, Bid for Third Main Underway
Nodes and Metropolitan Centres. None are missing it out In my Auckland City Centre and Manukau City Centre. Major Centres and the Auckland Plan Refresh it was pointed out that the Auckland … Continue reading The Auckland Plan And THE NODES. Why Manukau, Albany and Westgate are Nodes and Takapuna is Not
Housing a universal right On Friday Transport, Housing and Urban Development Minister (THUD) Phil Twyford gave a speech at the South Auckland Salvation Army base on Labour’s outline with … Continue reading Twyford: Because if we don’t, who will? State Housing Drive for Kiwis
National hiding again Given the value of rail report was released in 2016 during the last National administration and has only just been released now in November 2017 under … Continue reading Rail, It Proves its Worth Time and Time Again No Matter What National Says
What will we invest it on? From the Office of the Mayor Phil Goff AKL Mayor’s 10 Year Budget boosts infrastructure spending to deliver world class Auckland Increasing infrastructure … Continue reading Mayor Goff Introduces First 10-Year Budget Proposal (The 2018-2028 Long Term Plan). New Targeted Rates Likely
Stage 1 complete now for our views From Auckland Council: Draft Auckland Plan approved for consultation Auckland Council’s Planning Committee has approved the revised draft Auckland Plan for formal … Continue reading Draft Auckland Plan Refresh Set for Consultation February 2018
Manurewa-Papakura Area Plan endorsed The last Planning Committee of 2017 was held yesterday and I am pleased to report that it was all squared up by 12:30pm (in other … Continue reading Planning Committee Decision Digests – November 28, 2018: Auckland Plan Refresh a Go for Consultation
Auckland Plan Refresh set for consultation Today at the Planning Committee the draft Auckland Plan Refresh will be approved to go out for consultation next year. The Auckland Plan … Continue reading Auckland City Centre and Manukau City Centre. Major Centres and the Auckland Plan Refresh
Cases in position now to get going The excitement is building since I blogged recently that Auckland Transport had released tender documents on the first stages of the Southern … Continue reading Airport Lines, The Airport Access Business Case and Light Rail. Dominoes all falling into place!
Talking Southern Auckland 