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Wharehine farmer Lindsay Clark wants Auckland Council to explain why the road at one of its remotest regional parks is being regularly graded and metalled while surrounding roads are falling apart.
Clark says he understands that the access road in Ātiu Creek Regional Park, west of Wellsford, is being graded very six months.
“Meanwhile, Run and Wharehine roads, outside the park, are in such a state that it is only a matter of time before someone is going to have a head-on collision trying to dodge the potholes.”
Clark says he understands that any road on a school bus route is meant to be graded every three months.
“I’d like to know if this is happening anywhere in Rodney because it certainly isn’t happening out our way.”
Council northern principal ranger Jason Maguiness says Ātiu operates under a separate budget to its surrounding public roads.
“The park’s operational work sits under a wider maintenance programme across Auckland’s Regional Parks,” Maguiness says. “The recent work undertaken was to repair storm damage and is focused on visitor experience.
“We proactively maintain the roads in all our regional parks. In anticipation of a busy summer period, this work was prioritised to ensure Ātiu Regional Park is safe for visitors and vehicles.
“The surrounding public roads are managed by Auckland Transport, under a different budget.”
