Monday, 13 November 2006, 4:14 pm Press Release: Green Party
Green MP seeking urgent House debate on stadium
Auckland Green Party MP Keith Locke is asking the
Speaker to allow an urgent debate on the Government's plan
for a stadium on the Auckland waterfront.
"We
are most concerned at that the stadium option is being
railroaded through with legislation to get around the
Resource Management Act," Mr Locke says.
"Parliament needs to discuss whether to allow such a bad
precedent, particularly when so many Aucklanders are opposed
to the waterfront site.
"Labour's new talk about
sustainability won't wash if it goes around cutting the
public out of such important decisions on our environmental
heritage.
"There is no way that a 60,000 seat
stadium fits harmoniously into Auckland's precious
waterfront vista, as many of its citizens are now making
clear.
"MPs should also be debating what this
novel project might end up costing the taxpayer. There is
real danger of a big price blow-out, with the appointed
contractor not yet even willing to give a fixed price," said
Mr Locke.
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