Unfortunately, not a post on the brilliant dance band and video “Here We Go Again” but instead we launch back into commentary on the most tedious slow-motion screw-up that the Western World has ever known. No, not Donal Rump’s plans for global domination on the dance floor, but instead the re-emergence of the looooong-running saga over the Basin Reserve and the motorway from The Terrace to the Airport.

Aerial at the Basin from on high

I didn’t think it could possibly get any worse, but I was wrong. There will not be any true consultation, but instead some “open days” for explaining how/why theNZTA Traffic Engineers have messed it all up for yet another decade. I think it shows the very good reason why nothing should ever be designed solely by Traffic Engineers – this is yet another abortion of a design.

The Basin Junction from a nearby Apartment Building, featuring a whole lot of road junctions

At least last time we had the full gamut of 57 paid-for “independent consultants” sucking on the NZTA teat and producing some design, no matter how badly flawed it was (and boy oh boy, was it ever flawed!!!) but here we just have roads and more roads.

Here’s a slightly more detailed plan level, with an extraordinary amount of roads and clash points

There should also be some logic in here as well, but if there is, I have not really found it yet. Just roads.

The Town Belt, which Helene Ritchie thought was safe, eaten up by more roads and a bridge

Its a little too much for me to cope with right now, so I am just posting some of the NZTA pix up here, especially round the Basin. That’s the same Basin which is easily solved without making a mess, although NZTA seem intent on making it a massive cluster of …. look, I dunno. How could they get this so wrong, AGAIN?

Possibly no houses lost here – just Green Belt land – ooh, and the Badminton Courts demolished for the hell of it

Somehow, while NZTA has had the last 10 years – 14 years? – 20 + years ?!! to get this right, they seem to have made some basic bloody errors that a four year old could solve, and have instead produced a design that is bound to rile up just about everyone in the community that it passes through. Just like last time.

But there is a shit-load of houses last here for road widening, and new greenery that no-one will ever use

Instead, of course, that this is NOT going to be like last time. Last time there was a Public Enquiry and members of the Public could voice their concerns, and ultimately the members of the Public showed that the NZTA Scheme was badly at fault and was not worth proceeding with. This time, no such luck.

Not really sure why they have included this picture, as it appears to be unchanged from existing

The way that National have stacked the odds this time, the project will be on fast track and will happen whether we like it or not.

This is the one that really pisses me off – turning Vivian Street into a 3 land motorway extension all the way down to Kent Tce- we do NOT need this through our city.
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