Well, well, well, such a shame Mike Lee fucked up the location of the Parnell train station so it looks like there will be plenty of intensification for these NIMBYs in Parnell, just as they are asking for ;)
Pretty sure, would need to find the document again. I also think it might actually exclude fares so it's running it for free?
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I have made an error in calculating how long you could fund Te Huia for the price of one road.
The operating cost is actually $5.82m per year.
So you could fund it for 3780 years for $22,000,000,000, not 150 years
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/03/03/2...
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TΔmaki being gorgeous tonight β₯οΈβ₯οΈ
Δ fluffy baby albatross practicing flapping its stubby little wings
The world is a big and scary place, but this fluffy baby albatross is practicing flapping its wings on a sunny Dunedin afternoon.
Some thoughts of mine about the governments backdown of housing targets for PC120 and Auckland's planning rules, in the Sunday Star Times/The Post on behalf of @greaterauckland.bsky.social
www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Other nice adjectives for this approach, if say any opposition parties were looking to fortify their appeal at the moment: sensible, prudent, thrifty, versatile, creative, self-sufficient, adaptable, organised, strategic, ready, provident, collaborative, cooperative, united, and dare I say, popular.
Ok, hear me out here. A govt enabled acceleration to renewables, effective alternatives to always driving, + EVs, is essentially the lowest cost, most resilient, independence supporting, job creating, and actually βconservativeβ option ahead.
Auckland how good! ππ
@ Karangahape Station
Musta just missed you!
How else will we pay for BIG ROADS
www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/03/03/2...
Weβre in a climate crisis, a 40 percent cut to our climate response budget makes no sense financially or for the future of the city. Next weekβs proposals include a total gutting of cycleway funding, & a backdown on commercial rates for Air B&B providers www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Just FYI, every Labour council candidate in Wellington told me: βThe climate crisis demands urgent action and should be at the centre of all our council decisions.β
Can't wait to get stuck behind cars on Queen Street in the City Link bus more!
I love it when a transport agency operates completely opposite to the official vision and strategies which states the ideal outcomes IS TO GET RID OF CARS OFF QUEEN STREET.
WHICH THE PUBLIC SUPPORTS
It's funnier because the next slide is this, and I'm guessing they are going to advocate for more cars.
LOOK AT THE PICTURE DO YOU SEE ANY CARS
My favourite slide from the Heart of the City presentation to the WaitematΔ Local Board workshop next week.
I WONDER WHY PERCEPTIONS OF THE CITY CENTRE NEED TO BE IMPROVED?????
When the margins are 7 votes in some races, this probably could have swung election results
This Council report is in response to a review or something, so I think they are basically saying please amend out this requirement (I think?)
Yeeeeep, such as PuketΔpapa Local Board where there was a 7 vote difference between 6th and 7th...
and this is Auckland but yeahhhh
I should be clear, out of the ones which were declined most were because occupation was blank, but STILL WTF
I'm fucking sorry WHAT
The reason most special votes in last years local election were disallowed, were because the 'occupation' field was blank?????
Why the fuck is that a requirement?????????????????????????????????????
Yeah what I mean by not having 2+1, is still having things like median barriers, wider shoulders etc, just not always having passing lanes always (ie like what happened with Dome Valley)!
Lets you do wayyyyy more km of road as well (and also rail!)
That's one potential option! Might not need the full 2+1 everywhere, but along those lines.
It depends on the context, but the point about 'right sizing', is looking at what you actually need rather than imposing four lane grade separation everywhere!
Well, one person in the media has picked up part of the story about the $22,000,000,000 Northland Expressway :)
businessdesk.co.nz/article/infr...
'once projects are given a chance to embed, itβs only a small percentage of people who keep ranting on about such projects. Few to no political voices advocate ripping out projects (with some exceptions to populists). The general public acceptance grows over time'
Anyways, here is Wayne Brown absolutely tearing into David Seymour and the govt (except for Bishop, no idea why the title mentions him) on the whole intensification stuff
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heath...
