New piece from Auckland Council’s Chief Economist revealing that 64,800 new homes have been built between 2018 vs 2023. An 11.9% increase compared to 5.4% increase in population. Outstripping population growth for the first time in decades.
Photos from Tory Whanau’s IG showing the progress made to Pōneke’s cycleway network over the last 3 years with cycle trips from Newtown to the city centre up by 140% since 2022. Great mahi
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Great seeing green roofs being installed on top of the city library. Great way to improve our air quality, increase our biodiversity and reduce stormwater runoff in the city centre. They can also act as a carbon sink. Hope we see more of these!
New photo from CRL showing the interior of Te Waihorotiu station starting to take shape with escalators and stairs installed at the Wellesley Street entrance.
Some personal news: I'm moving to Auckland in the new year to join the team at Auckland Transport as part of their next intake of graduates. I’m looking forward to joining the team and learning about the planning involved in maintaining a transport network
New photos from CRL showing of the platforms at Te Waihorotiu Station taking shape. Lots of progress compared to how it looked like in photo on the left taken 10 months ago.
This video is from one of our recent OIA requests and comes from 2018. Shows what we could have had if the previous govt hadn't been distracted by unaffordable metro schemes. More in an upcoming post.
Want a livable, lovable downtown? Spot some of the key ingredients that support one, especially for families, in this downtown Vancouver snapshot I recorded a few years ago.
Downtowns don’t just need housing “units.” They need to be great neighbourhoods.
Went a walk around the city centre to check on the progress on Wai Horotiu Queen Street project works. Works well underway between Vulcan Lane and Durham St. Works near Shortland St and near Victoria St are finished.
Found a new reason to love living in a mixed use building. If you ran out of coffee in your apartment, you only need to go downstairs to get a barista made one.