Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. On the advice of a commenter on the blog recently – thanks Mike! I went out with a couple of the other Fish, to the NZTA “open day” at Tawa / Linden, to see what they were presenting. First up, I’ve gotta say, good on them for fronting up and having the discussions. Better to have discussions now,…
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Is it just me, or is the NZTA info about the Transmission Gully really really hard to find out? Let’s shed some light on the subject. Here’s their map for the path of Transmission Gully. Notice anything missing? Like, maybe, the ground is missing? Just white space, a new highway magnificently floating in the ether? As far as I remember, highways really don’t float much, and…
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I must confess that I don’t really understand what is the plan around the new road up Transmission Gully, but having been reading about the new proposed route up Takapu Valley, it got my interest up. I’d never even heard of it before – seems like I am not alone there – I’ve not yet met anyone else who has been up there. So, last weekend…
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Happy New Year everyone! Â I realise it’s mid February so the New Year is far passed in reality, but in mind, it seems like it was only a couple of days ago. Over the past few months I’ve come across some links that related to urban design that I thought people might enjoy and I’ve filed them away with the intent that over the Christmas break…
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Today, the DomPost devoted its entire front page to the issue of the old Town Hall building now being costed at $60m for strengthening, instead of the previous $47m. It appears that we are not taking about inflation of $13m in the 2 months since the decision was made, but that there are more foundations, and they are bigger, and so bigger base isolation is needed….
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What’s the world coming to? I take a well-deserved one week break from toiling over the blog and the day job, and the world seems to have gone mad! To recap: Parson’s bookshop closes down. Tragedy! Auckland’s tallest new building announced. Comedy! Wellington Sevens fans get drunk and party too hard. Farce! NZ Post says it is going to sell off the Petone Post sorting office…
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Hi, Sav here subbing in for Maximus briefly.. Over the holidays I ventured to the Denniston Plateau. I’m interested in conservation as well as other things, and I wanted to see for myself how special a place it is or isn’t, before pieces of it start getting carved up for the coal lying beneath. For a start its only 20km north of Westport, so pretty…
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