Red tape threatens carpark idea

Hopes that part of a reserve could be converted to a carpark to ease congestion in Glenmore Drive, Warkworth may involve legal complications, a Rodney Local Board meeting heard last month. Members voted in October to investigate the cost of creating a gravel carpark at Campbell Reserve, following a deputation by One Mahurangi Business Association over the acute shortage of parking for local workers, with cars left on both sides of the road and on berms. Auckland Transport (AT) has since restricted parking even further, with a number of improvements designed to get cars off the berms and improv...