The Clendon community centre runs some really good programmes and initiatives, but it s on a very basic level.“ One of the main reasons why her area lacks the facilities she sees in other parts of Auckland is the way local boards are funded. Each of Auckland’s 21 local boards receive a pot of money for ‘locally driven initiatives’ – which can be for anything the board choses – as well as a much larger ‘asset-based services’ (ABS) operational fund. This fund is based on how many community facilities and local parks are in the area and the money is to cover the costs of running these places.
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Watercare forces lease extension
An “outfall pipe” recently completed by Watercare on the Mahurangi Peninsula.
Watercare has forcibly extended the lease on its wastewater project site at Dawson Road until January 2024 by using the Public Works Act after a lease extension was denied by the Rodney Local Board.
Mark Dinniss, of the Snells Beach Ratepayers and Residents Association (SBRRA), told local residents at a meeting earlier this month that he intended to investigate the validity of using the Act in this way.
Previously, the SBRRA successfully lobbied the Local Board not to renew Watercare’s lease, after Dawson Road residents complained about noise, dust pollution and threats to their children’s safety because of the site.
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Viewpoint - Maintain the assetsBy: Tim Holdgate
As Auckland Council embarks on the current consultation round for the 10-year (2021-2031) budget, a key message to Council from the wider Warkworth community must be to better maintain the assets we already have. Facing a massive $1 billion fiscal deficit over the next three years and having already slashed capital expenditure, Council has a further option to “sweat” or undermaintain existing assets further. Fine if present maintenance work was up to scratch, but that is sadly not the case. In February,
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Falls fuel fresh anger over Warkworth footpath hazards (
MM Feb 17), with two community members within three days suffering serious injuries. They were hospitalised for several days because they both merely walked the same section of Warkworth town footpath. Not good enough. The community must report such footpath hazards, following up with Auckland Transport to ensure such dangers are removed from our