The Wellington Street fiasco continues
The Herald reported this morning that there was discussion about the Wellington Street onramp at yesterday’s meeting of the Council’s Transport Committee. Discussion at that meeting revealed strong public support for reopening the ramp:
Support for reinstating a key Auckland motorway connection is shown in about 70 per cent of more than 700 public submissions, the Transport Agency acknowledged yesterday.…
17 Comments A good motorway project?
An article in yesterday’s Herald highlighted a few of the worst spots across Auckland when it comes to congestion:
The section of the Southern Motorway which merges with the Ellerslie Panmure Highway is the most likely to suffer traffic delays, according to a traffic monitoring company.…
Milford Plan Change – what’s the problem?
The Herald today reported an upcoming and inevitable battle over new residential development in Milford on top of the current shopping centre.
The first test for the Auckland Plan’s push for high-density living has started, and 3800 submissions are offering views on how the North Shore suburb of Milford should grow.…
The Holiday Highway’s health and education benefits?
Some more debate over the merits of the Puhoi-Wellsford “holiday highway” in parliament today, this time with Associate Transport Minister Simon Bridges answering questions from the Greens’ Julie-Anne Genter: You can read the transcript of the exchange here.
It’s refreshing to see someone actually try to answer the questions, rather than just throw abuse around, like Brownlee often does.…
What to do with the Old Mangere Bridge?
NZTA and the Council have decided the Old Mangere Bridge needs to be replaced and there is public consultation on the options now open for feedback. More detail here:
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Recent reports indicate that the bridge has a five to ten year lifespan so it’s important the bridge is replaced as soon as possible.…
Strong support for motorway tolls?
An article in today’s Herald notes the results of a survey undertaken by the NZ Council for Infrastructure Development, which looks at different levels of support for different ‘alternative’ funding mechanisms for paying for Auckland’s transport system.
Pollsters have found almost two-thirds support from Aucklanders for motorway tolls to ease congestion and raise extra transport money.…
Brownlee really does hate the CRL
Another testy exchange in parliament yesterday between Phil Twyford and transport minister Gerry Brownlee over transport matters in Auckland: Firstly, it seems pretty obvious that the government is unlikely to support any scheme to raise additional funding through congestion charging mechanisms, regional fuel taxes and so forth.…
What’s Auckland’s future?
Sometimes it’s helpful to take a step back and try to see the big picture – the “forest for the trees” as the saying goes. While this blog focuses on transport, really it’s interested in Auckland’s future – what will this place be like in 10 years, 30 years, 50 years or even 100 years?…
The urban limits debate rages on
The comments thread on my post about housing affordability, put up nearly a week ago, has raged on over the past few days to reach well over 130 comments – many of them extremely interesting. Inevitably, one of the big areas of debate has been around urban limits and they role they potentially play in driving up house prices.…
Density done well
There’s a large amount of discussion around density at the moment – how much Auckland should grow through intensification, how much through expansion, whether either of those will help housing affordability, whether people want big houses on big sections or whether they want something else and perhaps most of all, whether Auckland will accept a higher-density future.…
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