West Auckland traffic congestion and what is planned to cure it
22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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The photos of traffic on SH16 taken by Michelle Johnson and emailed to Transport Minister Michael Wood. Photo / Supplied
Just before Christmas Michelle Johnson decided she had had enough of the traffic congestion in Kumeū, where every day 36,000 vehicles snake their way through the town. Over two days she took photos of bumper-to-bumper traffic at a standstill outside Kumeū on State Highway 16 heading into Auckland city and emailed them to Transport Minister Michael Wood.
What should have been a 26-minute drive from her home in Huapai to work at Avondale took 1h 45m during the morning rush and 1h 20m later in the morning.
Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:52 am, January 1st, 2021 - 112 comments
Happy new year everyone.
Saionara to 2020 and welcome 2021. May it be even better.
Today is the day MPs will start to think about the year ahead. With a stonking mandate and a possible once in a lifetime event, a majority MMP government what should it do?
Simon Wilson has written this very prescient slightly tongue in cheek article published in today’s Herald thinking about the subject. It is a must read.
As he says why not cancel a few motorway projects, they will become irrelevant as we head towards a post carbon post car society anyway. Why not build light rail now, feed the circular economy by using the powers of the state to fund local projects, improve education, and reduce poverty by making sure that everyone has enough to live on.
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South Auckland s $1.4b Mill Rd highway: Residents mixed on impact to homes
18 Dec, 2020 12:45 AM
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The Mill Rd highway will service growth in Drury (pictured) and other areas in South Auckland. Photo / Greg Bowker
The Mill Rd highway will service growth in Drury (pictured) and other areas in South Auckland. Photo / Greg Bowker
Papakura resident Keith Lancaster is not keen on a $1.4 billion highway at a personal level, but believes it will transform the suburb he has lived in most of his life. I understand it is going past my property and might take a front piece of my section, the 88-year-old said.
South Auckland s Mill Rd highway: Hundreds of homes, businesses in path of $1.4b project
17 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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The new development of Auranga at Drury in South Auckland where thousands of new homes are planned. Photo / Greg Bowker
The new development of Auranga at Drury in South Auckland where thousands of new homes are planned. Photo / Greg Bowker
Hundreds of homes, businesses and rural properties are in the path of the $1.4 billion Mill Rd highway in South Auckland. Engagement with about 600 landowners is to begin shortly on a preferred route between Papakura to Drury, according to a briefing paper from the NZ Transport Agency to incoming Transport Minister Michael Wood.