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Conspiracy theory?
When the Auckland Council was created 10 years ago, I often wondered why Rodney Hyde was so keen to include the Wellsford area. Then there was the urgency of completing the northern corridor from Puhoi to Warkworth. And of late, the millions they are spending on the Dome Valley road to bring it up to standard. Now we find that Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is keen to double toll the new motorway. The Dome Valley dump has always been on the drawing board. Auckland Council needed the Wellsford area for the site. They knew there would be 300-plus truck-loads of rubbish travelling through Warkworth each day and needed to extend the motorway from Puhoi to Warkworth. It is no surprise that the millions being spent upgrading the Dome Valley road finishes conveniently outside the proposed dump entrance. NZTA is keen to double toll the new motorway because it will be very lucrative for them, with 300-plus trucks travelling this road each day. Recently, the dump was given resource consent, despite 958 submissions against the proposal and only 10 in support. The Dome Valley dump was always going to get consent and infrastructure has been built to accommodate it.
Neil Hatfull, Warkworth
Left-wing nonsense
Disgusted to read eight or nine pages of left-wing/green nonsense over the resource consent being allowed (MM June 30). Until we all stop producing waste at the current rate, we are going to need somewhere to put it. Waste Management are the world leaders at building landfills throughout the world. Note, I do not use the inflammatory words like “dump” or “tip”. I have lived in this beautiful country for nearly 50 years and am alarmed at how the communist views of the leaders of this country are dictating all sorts of decisions. Time to take New Zealand back for the sensible.
Richard Norburn, Warkworth
Doom Valley
From Magnificent Dome Valley to the Doom Valley Landfill. Trucks, trucks, even more trucks – sucks!
Jen Cousteau, Snells Beach
Put landfill in Parnell
I thought I’d come at the issue of where Aucklanders can dump their landfill waste with a solution- orientated mindset. So, after a couple of local craft beers, I had a eureka moment that not only solves the issue of the landfill on our doorstep, but also the housing crisis as well. First, let’s consider one of Auckland inner-city low-rise suburbs. Now before anyone says “heritage”, let’s be honest, these old houses are to architectural heritage what the Austin Princess is to automotive heritage. Nice to have a few around as a reminder, but we don’t need lots of them. Right then, all we need to do is pick somewhere like Parnell or Ponsonby and replace it with a landfill. In the same way the new SNAs (significant natural areas) can magic away someone’s property rights, Auckland Council can simply inform the residents of a suburb they are no longer homeowners and instead congratulate them on becoming shareholders in a landfill. They would be relocated to the outskirts of the city, which to be fair is where any other normal city puts high-end stand-alone housing. Once the landfill has been finished with, just build high-density low-cost housing on top of it. Service workers and first home buyers can live centrally and public transport will work due to increased density. In fact, add climate change to the list of things this will fix.
Who knew the cognitive boosting powers of a few tasty beverages would be so powerful?
Josh Kronfeld once wore a t-shirt with a mushroom cloud and the tagline “Do it in Paris” – perhaps we could get some t-shirts made with a picture of a dump and something along the lines of “Do it in Parnell”?
S Gonzales, Ahuroa
