Kāinga Ora wants to build high-rise apartments for homeless in Whangārei CBD stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Kāinga Ora wants to build high-rise social housing apartments on this Dent St site in central Whangārei. The empty site, which used to be a childcare facility, was originally set aside for a hotel development. Both sites are close to the Kamo shared path, walking distance to schools, support services and supermarkets, and close to jobs, he said. “With car parking, one suggestion would be to reinvest in a car parking building elsewhere.” The suggestion to buy the two prime sites garnered a range of reaction from elected members, from alarm to support. Councillor Vince Cocurullo said the two sites are better suited to a commercial development than residential.
Councillors at a formal WDC meeting on Tuesday morning unanimously voted against Government plans to amalgamate its three waters provision into a single entity across at least Northland – likely carving off the council provision of drinking, waste and stormwater into a new non-council entity in doing so.
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Whangārei District Council s newest piece of three waters (drinking water, storm water and wastewater) infrastructure is its new $29 million Whau Valley water treatment plant. Generations of Whangārei residents have paid towards the district’s $634 million three waters infrastructure, which now has a $1.3 billion replacement value. “In the absence of information that shows our ratepayers will be better off by opting in, I do believe opting out is a better course of action,” Mai said.
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