The forefathers of Auckland City should be hung out to dry in my opinion as no thought has been given to town planning, transport and future growth. Any tourist visiting the city is disappointed with the lack of waterfront parks and facilities, instead they are faced with concrete tanks, container terminals and private apartment blocks (some of the leaky kind).
What we need, without delay, is another harbour crossing in the form of a tunnel. The expense is always going to be great but it will always be cheaper today than tomorrow. The only problem is we have four mayors who can never decide and when given to the public to vote on, a stalemate occurs.
We have to face facts, Auckland is not a train city and never will be. We drive cars!!! We will not give up our comfort and why shoud we? Most people who drive do not work in the CBD but way beyond and taking a bus or ferry beyond the CBD is not an option if you want to get to work that day. So I wish the greenies would get off their bikes and accept the fact - more roads, another harbour crossing, bus lanes (if you absolutely must) .
Auckland is very much a harbour city and more ferries (not old leaky clangers that are in service at the moment) that are comfortable and passenger friendly should be put in service covering more of the city's coastline.
Hopefully Auckland will vote a little more wisely at the next mayoral/council elections. We need a forward thinker who will take risks but has the future of Auckland as a beautiful go-ahead harbour city in its sights.
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I found that to be a bit of a problem too when i went to auckland, I wish they had more waterfront parks...
Come back soon!
Where are you??
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