Letter sent to NZ Herald, early October this year, after an editorial piece critical of proposals to run public transport across the proposed Te Whero Bridge, from Wynyard Quarter to Auckland....
"...Methinks your editorial misses the point by focussing on buses as the cause of civic vandalism on Auckland’s waterfront.
Public transport is just one symptom of Auckland Regional Council’s directive that “revenue should be optimised” from development on its Wynyard Quarter land holdings.
The Royal Commission were advised that “this large area of land is to be redeveloped into a world-class waterfront suburb” by Auckland Regional Holdings - the entity required to implement ARC’s directive.
Revenue optimisation means this “suburb” has to be crammed with apartments and high rise offices, with good public transport services of course.
Auckland’s waterfront public realm will suffer far more from over-development, than it will from buses. A little was learned from Princes Wharf when the Viaduct was redeveloped. But it caters for sunset drinkers and offers little to the broad Auckland demographic.
Auckland’s waterfront vandalism will only stop when redevelopment decisions put public amenity ahead of revenue optimisation...."
It was unpublished.
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Root Cause of Waterfront Civic Vandalism
Letter sent to NZ Herald, early October this year, after an editorial piece critical of proposals to run public transport across the proposed Te Whero Bridge, from Wynyard Quarter to Auckland....
"...Methinks your editorial misses the point by focussing on buses as the cause of civic vandalism on Auckland’s waterfront.
Public transport is just one symptom of Auckland Regional Council’s directive that “revenue should be optimised” from development on its Wynyard Quarter land holdings.
The Royal Commission were advised that “this large area of land is to be redeveloped into a world-class waterfront suburb” by Auckland Regional Holdings - the entity required to implement ARC’s directive.
Revenue optimisation means this “suburb” has to be crammed with apartments and high rise offices, with good public transport services of course.
Auckland’s waterfront public realm will suffer far more from over-development, than it will from buses. A little was learned from Princes Wharf when the Viaduct was redeveloped. But it caters for sunset drinkers and offers little to the broad Auckland demographic.
Auckland’s waterfront vandalism will only stop when redevelopment decisions put public amenity ahead of revenue optimisation...."
It was unpublished.
"...Methinks your editorial misses the point by focussing on buses as the cause of civic vandalism on Auckland’s waterfront.
Public transport is just one symptom of Auckland Regional Council’s directive that “revenue should be optimised” from development on its Wynyard Quarter land holdings.
The Royal Commission were advised that “this large area of land is to be redeveloped into a world-class waterfront suburb” by Auckland Regional Holdings - the entity required to implement ARC’s directive.
Revenue optimisation means this “suburb” has to be crammed with apartments and high rise offices, with good public transport services of course.
Auckland’s waterfront public realm will suffer far more from over-development, than it will from buses. A little was learned from Princes Wharf when the Viaduct was redeveloped. But it caters for sunset drinkers and offers little to the broad Auckland demographic.
Auckland’s waterfront vandalism will only stop when redevelopment decisions put public amenity ahead of revenue optimisation...."
It was unpublished.
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