Category: Public Transport
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Public Transport Initiatives in West Auckland Must Continue
By Ciaron Murnane The Waitakere City Council and Auckland Regional Council can be proud of their efforts in supporting the upgrade of the New Lynn transport interchange which opened this Saturday. Along with the double- tracking of the Western train line, the upgrade provides a giant leap towards a state-of-the art public transport system for…
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Save Waitakere One
By Greg Presland The formation of the super city is supposedly motivated by achieving efficiencies and saving money. For westies this does not appear likely. C&R appear to be determined to push through bulk wastewater charges, despite the opposition of some of its more outlying candidates. This will mean a significant increase for most Westie…
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Newmarket Viaduct Closure
Jeremy Greenbrook-Held For much of the weekend of 4-5 September, the south-bound lane of the Newmarket Viaduct will be closed so the final alterations can be made to bring the new viaduct online. The New Zealand Transport Agency is recommending that people either find other forms of transportation, or stay at home during the 36…
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Len Brown embraces Eco City
It is good to see that Len Brown has decided to embrace the concept of “Eco City”. Future West supports his election and hopes that Waitakere City’s “eco city” concept can be applied to the Auckland super city if and when he becomes Super Mayor. The Eco City concept is based on the Agenda 21…
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Westgate and Cars
Jeremy Greenbrook-Held I wonder how often your average West Harbour resident walks across the motorway to Westgate? I have to say, considering I live less than a kilometre from the shopping centre, I can count the number of times I’ve walked there on one hand. And with good reason – like many of Auckland’s shopping…