Hi Maurice.
You have been given the key role on plugging the Council’s $270 million budget shortfall. The solution is easily solved in your very own ward of Howick.
The planned Burswood bus diversion is going to cost between $1-$2billion and does not make logical or financial sense.
The planned busway between Pakuranga and the Ti Rakau bridge, which I also do not support, will provide 2 x traffic lanes each way and 2 x bus lanes, a total of 6 x lanes.
The existing highway between the bridge and Bunnings already has 3 x lanes heading east and 2 x lanes heading west which can be widened to 3 x lanes with some minor road works, also a total of 6 x lanes.
The kerbside lanes can be bus-only and T2 or T3.
If the Burswood busway is proceeded with, it would be the widest route in Auckland, if not New Zealand with 6 x lanes from Pakuranga increasing to 7 x lanes at the bridge, to gain nothing but a few minutes travel time at a cost the city cannot afford.
Maurice, please do us all a favour and stop this ridiculous waste of money and earn the accolades of all us ratepayers who will end up paying the bill.
Bob Wichman
Botany (former councillor and local board member)
