Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 3:22 pm
Labour walking back its commitment to transport projects
across the country is further proof it will say anything to
get elected, but won’t actually deliver it, National’s
Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says.
Labour
announced a number of transport projects as part of the New
Zealand Upgrade Programme, many of these were roading
projects progressed by the previous National Government but
canned by Labour who then recommitted to them last
year.
“First it was, KiwiBuild, then it was Light
Rail, then it was a commitment to reduce Child Poverty,
followed by a point blank refusal to extend the bright-line
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.