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Plans to renovate and rebuild the wharf at Ti Point are on hold due to a standoff over road access between a landowner and Auckland Council.
A trespass notice has been issued against all Council and Auckland Transport staff and contractors by the owners of a property at the end of Ti Point Road, banning them from gaining access to the wharf.
Council head of area operations Oliver Kunzendorff said the dispute stemmed from the fact that a small section of the road was privately owned.
“Ti Point Road was built on private property and there have been ongoing boundary issues that we and Auckland Transport have been working through with the owners for some time,” he said.
“Unfortunately, the owners issued a trespass notice against Council and Auckland Transport earlier this year. It applies to all Auckland Council and AT staff and contractors.”
Mr Kunzendorff said that as the wharf was beyond the disputed road section, the $267,000 coastal renewal project on the wharf had been stalled.
He said Council was, quite literally, working to find a way round the problem.
“To ensure we honour the trespass notice, we are looking at ways we can modify the side of the road to allow vehicles to pass without going onto the private land,” he said.
“For our day-to-day maintenance work, our contractors are able to bypass the private property as they only require a small vehicle. This is not possible for the renewal works, as we will need to use trucks, which will require the modification of the road shoulder.”
He stressed that the trespass notice did not apply to the public and they were still able to use the road as normal.
A local resident said the dispute had also scuppered plans to tarseal Ti Point Road.
The landowner was approached for comment but had not responded as Mahurangi Matters went to press.
