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Urgent plea to fix Wellsford footpath hazards
Joelene MacGillivray with her hazardous pavers petition in Rodney Street.
Slippery when wet – rain can wreak havoc. Trip hazard – broken bricks.
A Wellsford businesswoman is calling for safer footpath surfaces along the town’s main street, after a catalogue of trips, slips and falls by pedestrians.
Joelene MacGillivray, who runs GoodTenant Property Management in Rodney Street, has started an online and paper petition, and will make a deputation to this month’s Rodney Local Board meeting on July 21.
“I’m sick of seeing people slip or trip on the pavers,” she says. “It’s been an ongoing issue since they laid them. A couple of weeks ago, an old lady took a slip right outside the shop.
Landfill opponents come together
Environmental lawyer Andrew Braggins took questions from the crowd.
Unity, hope and determination were on display in Wellsford today, when around 200 people packed into the Community Centre for an anti-landfill hui organised by Fight the Tip: Tiaki Te Whenua.
An enthusiastic and vocal crowd loudly applauded vows from Fight the Tip members, MPs, councillors, iwi leaders and an environmental lawyer to fight Waste Management and Auckland Council and stop the development of a new regional dump in the Dome Valley. Welcome to the second battle in front of us, Fight the Tip executive Mikaera Miru said. The whole community, Maori and Pakeha, are together fighting against bureaucrats who are simply not listening to who we are.
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Footpath comes at a price
The path will run from Broadlands Drive to the golf club and community centre.
Omaha is set to get a long-awaited 850-metre footpath along Omaha Drive next to the golf course, but the cost has blown out once again to nearly $870,000.
The June meeting of Rodney Local Board heard that the $645,000 allocated from its transport targeted rate to the path in November would not be enough, as the lowest tender received by Auckland Transport (AT) in May was $775,626. With additional professional services needed, the total budget required was now up to $868,200.
Several members voiced concern at the increase, and questioned whether the project should be deferred.