Some picks for 2018 If 2017 was the year change was going to sweep through (#SummerSeries 17/18 – The Year That Was 2017) then 2018 will be the year of … Continue reading #SummerSeries 17/18 – What Lies Ahead in 2018
Some picks for 2018 If 2017 was the year change was going to sweep through (#SummerSeries 17/18 – The Year That Was 2017) then 2018 will be the year of … Continue reading #SummerSeries 17/18 – What Lies Ahead in 2018
Up and down year New Government 2017 did not start flash with Auckland Transport but by the end of it things were definitely on the up! That would mark … Continue reading #SummerSeries 17/18 – The Year That Was 2017
Three step approach Concluding the Briefing to the Ministers series we take a look at the briefing to again Minister Phil Twyford on how the Kiwi Build program of … Continue reading Briefing to Incoming Ministers: How to Deliver Kiwi Build
And I am being polite Last week the Briefings to the Incoming Ministers were released to the public and media. I will be covering housing, transport, urbanism and infrastructure … Continue reading Briefing to the Housing Minister: Housing Is Not In a Good State
An opener to the main meal Today the Government has released the Briefing to Incoming Ministers in which Ministries, departments and agencies brief a new Government or a change … Continue reading Briefing to Transport, Housing and Urban Development Minister Laying Out The Built and Urban Environment
Employment Centre for the North proposed This came out today from Auckland Council: Silverdale/Dairy Flat hold promise of local jobs Up to 10,000 jobs could be created by 2041 … Continue reading Silverdale/Dairy Flat hold promise of local jobs. Large Greenfield Development in the North Proposed
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
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!
Part Three – The Urban Form Established Where a motorway once was is now a thriving urban area that connects the City Centre up to the main urban area in … Continue reading Lessons for Auckland Ctd – Proof is in the Pudding: From Motorway to a Place People Love. #CitiesSkylines