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After months of delays, the second phase of redeveloping the Lawrie Road refuse and recycling centre is set to start this month and the site has been closed to the public.
Mahurangi Wastebusters’ director Matthew Luxon said having waited so long (MM, Jul 18), the start of the work was inadvertently kick-started when the portable building used as a combined pay booth and staff/bathroom started leaking.
He said it got to the stage where it was a staff safety issue and the site had to be shut, which coincided with Auckland Council being ready to start on building a new staffroom, shop, education centre and road access.
“Council said ‘we’re good to go now, so keep it shut and let’s crack on with it as quickly as we can’,” Luxon said.
With an expected build time of at least four months, Wastebusters is expecting Lawrie Road to be closed until the end of the year.
However, in a bid to fill the service provision gap, they are going to start running a junk collection service in the Snells Beach area, where recyclables, reusables, rubbish and e-waste will be picked up from people’s homes.
“We can take everything and we’ll have Eftpos on the truck,” Luxon said.
In addition, the opening hours at Wastebusters’ other site, in Wellsford’s Rustybrook Road, are currently being reviewed, as are the days that the Rusty Station reusables shop in Station Road is open.
Luxon said the new services and any changes in operating hours would be posted on Facebook and the Wastebusters website.
The $2.4 million Lawrie Road redevelopment is being carried out by Auckland Council with government funding.
