Tamaki Community Board has better ideas for $26 Million

The Tamaki Community Board says there are far better ways to spend the $26 million that Auckland City Council have offered to restore the Queens Wharf sheds: a Music and Arts Centre in Glen Innes and a much needed community pool in Otahuhu would be a great place to start.

“In 2008, the Citizens and Ratepayers-led Council cut over $80 million worth of projects from the Tamaki area.” says Tamaki Community Board Chair Kate Sutton.

“These projects were not just ‘nice to haves’; they were projects that served identified needs in a growing and developing part of Auckland,” Sutton continued. “It is widely agreed that the sheds at Queens Wharf should not be kept so we suggest that the $26 million would be best spent on long lasting and vital infrastructure for a long neglected and important part of Auckland.”

Tamaki- Maungakiekie ward Councillor Leila Boyle said, “For about $26 million, Auckland City Council could fund a number of significant projects in the very poorly served Tamaki community. For example, we could build MAGIC, the much wanted Music and Arts (Glen Innes) Centre; complete the second stage of the Glen Innes town centre upgrade; make the Maybury Reserve in Glen Innes safer; and improve connections between the University of Auckland’s Tamaki campus and Glen Innes for about $16.5 million. Alternatively, we could build swimming pools in both Otahuhu and Avondale which the community have been promised for decades.”

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