Auckland Transport chose to use a letter from four Westmere Village retailers (that suited their agenda), gazump the wishes of the Mayor, nine of the 12 village retailers and the community, to keep their design of a single lane at the Meola/Garnet roundabout
It has been the scene of four stuck trucks and countless buses have been stuck on the oversized roundabout because of the extremely narrow roads that do not appear to have considered their turning circles. (Videos on Westmere Community Facebook page.)
Despite or to spite the Mayor’s endorsement of an alternative location, backed by 150 signature petition by business owners and managers, the toilet block has been located in Mercury Lane after a four year wait for a temporary flushable public toilet with permanent toilets due to open in the CRL Stations at the top and bottom of the steep hill. Again, Auckland Transport chose to listen to the BID management instead, as it suited their agenda.
I wholeheartedly endorse Mayor Wayne Brown’s plan to get rid of all these out-of-control so called ‘Council Controlled Organisations' by absorbing them into the council
Gael Baldock