waterview Archive

  • David Clendon

    No time to take in the view on Waterview - by David Clendon



    Things are not looking good for the Environmental Protection Authority. We supported the bill that will properly create the agency but with considerable reservations, and already it is clear that community groups wanting to participate in EPA processes are being hamstrung by the impossibly short time frames allowed to submitters. Here’s a bit of a [...] read more
    December 3, 2010 1:46 pm - 1 Comment
  • Keith Locke

    Another twist in the Waterview saga - by Keith Locke



    The latest twist in Auckland’s Waterview motorway saga is that more of it will go underground and less houses will be threatened. The New Zealand Transport Agency says that the number of houses affected will now drop from 365 to 205. Of course, that is a good thing. But we are yet to be convinced [...] read more
    December 22, 2009 3:50 pm - 19 Comments
  • Sue Bradford

    Bradford’s Truth – Mt Albert, motorways and Melissa - by Sue Bradford



    My regular column in the New Zealand Truth: The Government’s decision to go ahead with the Waterview motorway extension will certainly be doing nothing to help National’s chances in the Mt Albert by-election. If it goes ahead, the Transport Agency’s preferred option will see 365 properties demolished and $1.4 billion squandered on a motorway slashing [...] read more
    May 21, 2009 9:29 am - 22 Comments
  • frog

    Following the Waterview Logic - by frog



    Most media commentary on Melissa Lee’s foot-in-mouth moment last week focused on her perceived racism, but there were, in the blogosphere, various attempts to understand her logic.  These are separate but related issues; an opinion can be offensive, but well-argued or vice versa. What was never clear to me in Melissa’s comments was how she [...] read more
    May 19, 2009 6:48 am - 14 Comments
  • frog

    Motorway Madness - by frog



    Here’s an information highway shortcut to the latest on the Auckland highway shortcut. National’s plans to go over ground were on the TVNZ and the TV3 news last night and got Granny Herald’s knickers knotted this morning. Our man for Mt Albert, Russel Get-More-Muscle Norman, says buses and trains will cut congestion and we should [...] read more
    May 13, 2009 10:14 am - 58 Comments
  • frog

    Dr Russel nominated for Mt Albert - by frog



    As you will have heard in this morning’s news, Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman has been nominated as a Green Party candidate for Mt Albert. A selection meeting next Wednesday will consider his nomination. Russel has described himself as the “underdog”, and said he did not believe National could win the seat. The Herald reports: [...] read more
    April 24, 2009 9:24 am - 126 Comments
  • frog

    Tunnel fumes - by frog



    When you build a big motorway tunnel under Mt Albert and fill it with cars it seems you get a lot of fumes. And so the Waterview tunnel plan up until now had been to vent the fumes out untreated.  Unsurprisingly the people who live, work play or go to school next those proposed vents [...] read more
    October 21, 2008 2:08 pm - 15 Comments
  • frog

    Our transport plan for Auckland - by frog



    The Auckland transport plan that the Greens released yesterday got good coverage in the Herald which covered how the MPs got to the launch: Metiria Turei: Small ferryboat chartered from the base of Te Atatu Peninsula to highlight its dearth of public transport services. Sue Kedgley: Train from Mt Eden. Keith Locke: Bike from Mt [...] read more
    October 16, 2008 2:17 pm - 18 Comments