Who else is looking at what appears to be a debacle occurring on Cameron Rd with the current upgrade being undertaken?
There appears to be little consideration given to the plight of local businesses who are suffering from an ability to get easy access to their business – as I had to do the other day when taking in my mower for repair.
It may be great that the footpaths are being widened but why? As relatively few people walk along the road so why provide even more space at the expense of carparks?
Removing the number of carparks, which I understand are going to be replaced with cycle and bus lanes, is a disgrace and just proves how incompetent some council planning staff are.
One just needs to look at what occurred with the Greerton Village upgrade to realise that when the council believes that it knows best then we are in a desperate situation.
The Cameron Rd upgrade was budgeted at $46 million but from what I've heard it is already significantly over budget as besides building costs increasing they have also increased the scope of the work but remember every dollar spent above $46 million will be paid for by ratepayers.
Our rates have, over recent years, increased significantly ahead of the inflation rate and while we are in the middle of a price crisis we seem to have government-appointed Commissioners that are undertaking nice to have projects rather than sticking to basics.
Mike Baker, Bethlehem.
*** TCC replies: Cameron Rd is being upgraded to cater for the future population that will be living in the Te Papa peninsula area. During the next 30 years, an additional 15,000 residents will be living in this area and the Cameron Rd changes now underway will make it easier for people to walk, bike and take a bus in their local area. The current number of vehicles lanes is being retained and carparking is also being retained in the bus lanes during off-peak travel hours when the bus lanes are not operating.
At the same time, the council is undertaking significant replacement of underground services along this corridor, to replace old sewer pipes and upgrade the stormwater system. The budget for this work was additional to the original $46 million budget for the project provided by the Government.
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I think a little presumptive.....
Posted on 03-02-2023 07:31 | By groutby
...on the part of TCC to tell us there 'will' be 15,000 additional people in the area in the next 30 years (albeit as a result of a 'study' they commissioned for a particular result) and then insist that they WILL want to walk, cycle and even bus to where they presumably be instructed to go within the peninsula by said local authority....this never has sounded like 'future proofing', sounds more like social engineering to me from those that clearly believe they know human behaviour better than 'real' experts....(depending on whose paying of course)
what's your problem
Posted on 04-02-2023 11:24 | By KiwiDerek
So a study says that there will be and additional 15,000 residents in the Te Papa peninsula area in 30 years time. Why is it presumptive for the Council to tell us this? Do you not believe the figures? They seem perfectly reasonable to me. And, given that, do you not think that some future planning should be done? Oh, and who are these "real" experts you seem to think are being ignored?
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