This piece of vacant land owned by Auckland Council on Whangaparaoa Road is likely to be put up for sale by Panuku Development.
Panuku Development is the Council Controlled Organisation (CCO) that manages the portfolio of “non-service” Council and Auckland Transport properties.
A report from the CCO presented at last month’s Hibiscus & Bays Local Board meeting stated that the land at 8 Hiwi Crescent, Stanmore Bay, is up for review – the first stage in any potential sale.
The land is the remainder of property acquired by the former Rodney District Council in 1998 for the purpose of its Whangaparaoa Road Widening Project.
Local board deputy chair Janet Fitzgerald says that the land is no longer required as the new Penlink route does not go as far as Hiwi Crescent, and there is no funding in Auckland Transport’s budget for widening Whangaparaoa Road within the next 30 years.
“The former Council was going to widen Whangaparaoa Road in sections once Penlink was built, but seemingly AT has different ideas,” she says.
There will be further consultation with the local board in the coming months, before a final decision regarding the potential sale of 8 Hiwi Crescent is made.
