To the Minister of Transport
Chris.Bishop@parliament.govt.nz
Private Bag 18888, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160
I am writing to you on behalf of the shopkeepers of Grey Lynn, Auckland who have gathered this morning Thursday 22 August 2025 to once again express their total opposition to the removal of car parks outside their businesses by Auckland Transport.
This issue was debated long and hard in 2018 when locals, customers and users of this historic shopping strip launched a petition collecting over 3400 signatures objecting to the intrusive, disruptive and pointless road reconstruction from Great North Road to the bottom of Garnet Road including Surrey Crescent, Old Mill Road.
Auckland Transport has engaged in ‘fake & flawed consultations’ in order to be able to proceed with their unpopular and unnecessary works. We call upon you the Minister to engage with the Mayor Wayne Brown & CEO of Auckland Transport Dean Kimpton to STOP these works.
This is the fifth public meeting called by the Grey Lynn shopkeepers after learning of Auckland Transport’s intentions to yet again ram through their unsupported and unpopular plan to essentially reduce Grey Lynn to a bus terminal.
Please intervene and call a halt to this massive waste of public money on a project that will destroy the livelihood of many.
Lisa Prager, Westmere
