Interesting timing The timing could not be more ironic that after the election of Goff and a Governing Body that is 14-7 towards the progressive side – okay 13-8 … Continue reading English Signalling Extended Housing Building Program? Oh What Penny Dropped?
So how does it deal with growth moving south The Minister of Transport, the Mayor, and Councillor Bill Cashmore released the final version of the Auckland Transport Alignment Project … Continue reading Transport Accord Misses Fundamental Question #AKLPols
Government to chip in its 50% From the Mayoral Office Len Brown (going to be a tad odd changing that one after October 8 after six years with Mayor … Continue reading City Rail Link Agreement Reached. ATAP to be released this afternoon
Agreement struck Well it seems outgoing Mayor Len Brown can walk out of the mayoral offices for the last time on October 8 knowing he pulled off his major … Continue reading Government to Pay 50% of the cost of the City Rail Link
Heavy and light rail give integrated solution With Mayor Len Brown defying Auckland Transport in stating a decision whether to go heavy or light rail to the Airport has … Continue reading Airport (Heavy) Rail Via Otahuhu + Botany Line: Our Airport Lines. A Redux
Cart before the horse situation The release of the wonky document that was the second part of the Auckland Transport Alignment Program (ATAP) had everyone thanks to the Transport … Continue reading Congestion Charging Presents Equity Issues. PM Also Doing Policy on the Hoof
National Policy Statement confirms what is already being done I knew with this weak Government for the last eight years not to expect much with a National Policy Statement … Continue reading Government’s Weak Willed Attempt at National Policy Statement Does Things We Can Already Do #AKLPols
Council already has 11,000 hectares of land for Greenfield release There has been a lot of rhetoric from the Prime Minister on housing in Auckland even though the Government … Continue reading Is Key All Talk When it Comes to Greenfield Development? Council Sets Aside Land for 160,000 Homes #UnitaryPlan
Government increases threats on Unitary Plan with housing While Budget 2016 is certainly a flop to the point a national disgrace I have seen Finance Minister Bill English and … Continue reading English Gives Strongest Hints on Auckland Commissioners with the #UnitaryPlan
Mediocrity prevails Today is Budget Day for the Government and I have come to not expect a lot if any thing from this Government that will propel this nation forward … Continue reading #Budget2016 – What I Wont Come To Expect
Talking Southern Auckland 