South Auckland's Mill Rd highway: Hundreds of homes, businesses in path of $1.4b project 17 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read 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.