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Presentations made to the Rodney Local Board at its business meeting on July 21.
Gateway urged
Te Hana Community Development Charitable Trust sought the Board’s support for The Te Hana Gateway Project, designed to “create a vibrant, creative culturally responsive Northern Gateway into Auckland International City”. Spokesperson Linda Clapham said the project was given priority project status in the Auckland Council 2012-13 Plan and a budget allocated, but the project had not progressed. She said once the new Warkworth to Wellsford motorway was finished, people would simply bypass towns such as Te Hana and Wellsford unless they were made attractive places to visit. Loss of visitors would result in the loss of employment and opportunity for young people.
Dangerous pavers
Wellsford resident Joelene MacGillivray submitted a petition with 399 signatures urging a plan for the replacement of slippery pavers on Wellsford’s main street. Ms MacGillivray said the pavers had been a health and safety issue for some time causing multiple falls and injuries. She urged the Board to advocate to Auckland Transport for the pavers to be changed. Along with the petition, Ms MacGillivray presented four supporting letters from Wellsford residents who had slipped on the pavers and sustained injuries.
Hapu seeks support
Te Uri O Hau Settlement Trust urged the Board to work with it to further several hapu aspirations. Deputy chair Georgina Curtis-Connelly said these included discussing options for the restoration and enhancement of Manukapua (Big Sand Island), creating a memorial at Te Arai Point to acknowledge the gifting of land for Te Arai Regional Park, using hapu to help enhance local bio-diversity and the natural environment, providing public toilet facilities at Te Hana and providing technical expertise to develop hapu land for housing.
Walkway wanted
Matakana Coast Trail Trust spokesperson Gary Heaven alerted the Board to the fact that walkway designation across private land in Warkworth was due to expire. The walkway runs from Lucy Moore Park to the Wilson cement works. Mr Heaven said the trail trust had formed trails either side of the designation while continuing negotiations with the landowner for access. Mr Heaven requested that the Board write a “strongly worded” letter to Council planners recommending renewal of the designation until a suitable option for the trail was agreed by all parties.
