Universally Panned? Well you know when Social Liberals, Neo Liberals and even Classic Liberals start panning National’s new housing policy from yesterday National might have a wee problem. … Continue reading National’s Housing Policy – Universally Panned?
If Labour with the Greens form the next Government Labour announced today that it would – if in power start the Auckland Congestion Free Network, something the Greens … Continue reading Congestion Free Network is a “Go” [update]
And on the discussion? Three major items in the open session and one in the closed session that caught my attention. First of all the Agendas Open Session … Continue reading Auckland Transport August 2014 Board Meeting
New City Rail Link Open Days In light of the changes to the City Rail Link that including the dropping of the Newton Station and changes to Mt Eden … Continue reading City Rail Link Open Days
2nd September it meets to discuss “out of scope” Unitary Plan submissions Talking Auckland will cover the proceedings of the Unitary Plan Independent Hearings Panel from time to time. … Continue reading First Unitary Plan Pre Hearing to Get Under-Way
Stuarts #41 tip on a Better Auckland 41: What if we planned a more urban future for every sub- urban shopping mall? pic.twitter.com/YMlpAZHlNr — Stuart (@HoughtonSd) August 19, 2014 The … Continue reading What If: We Transformed our Mall-Centric Centres Into Something more Urban? [Updated]
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.
Part Two in “A look at who commutes to the Major non City Centre Employment Centres and where from” I am running a series of posts on Auckland’s commuting journeys … Continue reading Auckland’s Commuting Journeys – A Series. #Major non City Centre Employment Centres Overview 2
With the recent announcement of the first round of property revaluations generating chatter, Auckland Council put together a short video explaining the situation.
From Auckland Council
More on the revaluations can be seen here: General Property Values Out. Some Key Information. (UPDATED)
Your revaluation notices are due out mid November
2013/2014 Cycle produces $97m OPEX surplus From Auckland Council: Council delivers another sound financial performance Auckland Council – excluding council controlled organisations – recorded an operating surplus of … Continue reading Council Continues OPEX Surplus
Talking Southern Auckland 