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.