Takanini Interchange construction to be sped up As announced in yesterday’s Budget a $375 million interest-free loan has been extended to NZTA to accelerate a group of mainly … Continue reading Southern Auckland and Manukau – An Omnibus – Post Budget
Addendum Agenda now included The Auckland Council Auckland Development Committee agenda is up although we are still waiting on the Addendum Agenda that covers the Downtown Shopping Centre Block Redevelopment … Continue reading Auckland Development Committee Agenda is up [updated]
A Recap Series The Manukau Super Metropolitan Centre Time to do some recaps of a few posts I have done on Southern Auckland and both its urban development … Continue reading Southern Auckland and Manukau – An Omnibus #2
But Manukau as a Tourism spot? I can see that happening I am of two minds on the Stuff article that mentions the White Water Rafting facility, and the … Continue reading White Water Rafting Will Always be a Bad Decision
A Good Question Where will the children play as Auckland grows both outwards and upwards? A long fraught and vexing question that has elected representatives, residents and planners constantly … Continue reading So Where Will the Children Play?
A possible mock up of a “large” Sky Train station Today I have being playing around in Sketchup drawing up an MK1 version of a large Sky Train station … Continue reading A Botany Line Sky Train Station
Preparing for post 2016 Yesterday the Herald reported on the latest updates of where first home buyers are purchasing in Auckland – post implementation of the Loan-Value Ratios otherwise … Continue reading Auckland Development
It pays to check and ask if you are not sure It seems that despite the ongoing information campaigns we still have a few myths floating around the Unitary … Continue reading Debunking Unitary Plan Myths – Again
Auckland does deserve better… …Than what the NZ Herald (again) dished up yesterday in regards to the Local Government Elections in 2016 – specifically around Mayor. We are two … Continue reading Slow News Day. We Have the Bigger Picture to Focus On
8,900 counted so far I sent a question away to Auckland Council on how many submissions for the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (PAUP) as news around the PAUP has … Continue reading 8,900 Submissions to the Unitary Plan
Talking Southern Auckland 