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A couple months ago, @pia_planning began arguing that the Auckland upzoning was a triumph of the strategic planning process.
But of course the actual history is far more complex, and mostly had to do with a higher tier of government pushing Council planners to do better.
The irony of National and Labour pushing for rates capping when their huge boondoggle projects (RONS, etc) have materially led to the insane construction inflation that is causing large rates rises
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🚨🚨NEW HOUSING RESEARCH 🚨🚨
When we relax planning restrictions that ban density, do we get new housing? (Spoiler: yes)
Why do some reforms work but not others?
How does this new supply impact our cities?
A new paper from @1finaleffort, Theo Gibbons and I gives us answers.
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A Essentials Only: 1.4-1.6M by reducing heights in most walkable catchments to 6 storeys, removing local centres, returning transit & residential areas to AUP. Roughly 12k new dwellings per year, 24% within 10km of city centre. Est to reduce prices by 1-2%. Benefits worth $0.7B.
V good to see some bus stop rationalisation to prepare for bendy buses on eastern part of route 2. Was previously 266m avg between stops, this changes to a much better 350m avg
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Tiaki Wai (new Welly water entity) confirms water charges will be slightly slighter than prior forecast as jockeying over financial footing continues.
Councils have committed uncalled capital arrangement to give Tiaki Wai a bit more breathing room.
Cambridge to Piarere is likely the last four-laning of SH1 in the Waikato for some time. Any new four-laning would be on SH29 towards Tauranga. But a Tīrau bypass to the SH1/5 split could be on a high-value medium sized project?
Auckland housing peeps - anyone know where exactly this is? My hunch is Remuera / inner east but can’t quite place it
Winston Peters deftly leaving open the excellent option of tying super increases to CPI, not wages
Winston Peters reiterates that whatever Luxon or Willis say, no Govt he is a part of will raise the super age or make its means tested.
thepost.co.nz/politics/36100…
I hope some thought is given to a compensation scheme for disruption for cut and cover (Albert St). Avoids nuisance litigation and incentivises quick construction, and stops us trying to disproportionately design out of disruption (tunnelled light rail)
#CRLNews: Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop has announced a full review of the City Rail Link project – including its escalating cost.
Via NZ Herald: nzherald.co.nz/nz/infrastruc…
