Manukau and Otahuhu Interchanges victims of politics? While it seems other public transport projects such as rail from Onehunga to the Airport seem to be in total disarray (see … Continue reading Public Transport Projects Being Used as Political Weapons?
Delays, Delays, and oh look more delays It seems both Auckland Council and Auckland Transport can not get themselves together on matters that matter most to Auckland. I will … Continue reading The Weekend Analysis: Council and Auckland Transport Seriously Annoying Auckland – Again
Funding Constraints Delay Needed Interchanges Yesterday I was alerted through Facebook by Councillor George Wood that the Manukau and Otahuhu Bus Interchanges that were due to be built next … Continue reading Manukau and Otahuhu Bus Interchanges Delayed
Looking at Land Allocation, Transport, Jobs, Energy Efficiency, and Greenhouse Gas Waste In this podcast I follow on from my “The Unitary Plan, the Recent Valuations” and drill down … Continue reading Unitary Plan Analysis – Land and Footprints
How it benefits: Papakura, Howick, Botany, and the North Shore Recently I challenged people to sell the City Rail Link after it ran into some problems at the … Continue reading Selling the City Rail Link
An update After I posted the updates to the Special Housing Area targets (thanks to Radio NZ) yesterday (Housing Going Awry – Again?) I received a communication from the … Continue reading Housing Going Awry – Again? Update
More Questions to be asked I had sent some questions to Auckland Development Chair – Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse over the Manukau City Centre land sales. You can catch … Continue reading Some Answers to the Manukau Land Sales
32% Valuation Rise does not mean a 32% rates rise By now you would have seen the increased chatter around the new Council Valuations on property around Auckland … Continue reading Rates and your Council Vaulations [Updated]
Bringing the two projects together Over the last wee while I have been working on two Sketch Up projects at the southern end of the Manukau City Centre. They … Continue reading Manukau City Centre Southern End – Renewal
Because they do not look like they are being spent in Addison When I wrote the Updates on Takanini-Addison Area post I had a few questions come in about where the … Continue reading Where have the Development Contributions from Addison Gone?
Talking Southern Auckland 