Category: city rail link
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Chair’s report May 2018 – the Power of Community
Civil Defence and Piha Recent events at Piha have provided a good opportunity for Council to review its preparedness for emergencies. A major storm caused power outages for extended periods of time and then localised heavy rainfall caused flooding in Glenesk Road. Flooding had also occurred there in January after another localised downpour. A more…
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Say goodbye to roads of national significance
One of the most appalling wasteful destructive things that National did when it was in power was to invest in so called roads of national significance. They were huge boondoggles, kept the base happy, provided high quality ribbon cutting opportunities, gave the impression that the Government was doing something but essentially they were a waste…
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The City Rail Link is under way
It is official. Auckland’s city rail link is under way. I attended the launch. Whoever designed it should take a bow. The launch was snazzy and future focused. The organizers made an inspired decision and invited a young Westie woman to be MC. Clearly her generation has the most to gain from a world class…