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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown urged councillors to keep an open mind about the options available to bridge the $295 million gap, as they met today to go over the results of public consultation on the Annual Budget 2023/24. “We encouraged Aucklanders ...
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The mayor is urging councillors to keep an open mind about how to bridge a $295m gap.
Aucklanders want the council to sell at least some of its Auckland Airport shares, new data shows.
What it was before. >> reporter: nowhere is that more apparent than by air from up above you see the new, massive walls of concrete that now protect the city from future storms. >> it is the largest domestic project the corps has ever undertaken. it is 133 mile perimeter. levies have either been raised or strengthened. >> reporter: the u.s. army corps of engineers says katrina's highest storm surge in new orleans was about 15 feet high. these newly constructed walls are 32 feet in crucial places. lake born feed into the gulf of mexico. its surge barrier alone has the same amount of concrete as...