Both are engineers so they should get on well I guess. Holders just need to be patient ! While Mayor Brown may have difficulty in altering the path of projects undertaken by AT that are well underway, he may be able to accelerate the plans for downtown Auckland.
I recall a classic statement during the debates )from memory) Something like....you go down Queen Street and turn left and its a great area for the public to enjoy....go down Queen Street and turn right and you are back into the 60's. Once again...imagine that down town area with a great cruise ship terminal, a downtown stadium, apartment living, water access etc etc. It will be a planners dream once the Port has gone.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...strict-forward
Infrastructure is Cocurullo's fourth key focus area and includes pensioner housing. That segues into the fifth: Northland's kia kaha campaign, focused on bringing Auckland's port to Whangārei, and with that, four-laning State Highway 1 and building a rail spur from Marsden Point to Whangārei, along with boosting the rail line south to Auckland.
The New Zealand Navy dry dock was also part of this campaign.
Cocurullo is in favour of Auckland's port coming north, and said shifting it to Whangārei would bring huge growth.
"I don't think people realise how much," Cocurullo said.
He already has a call into Auckland mayor Wayne Brown, who is widely known for wanting the port out of Auckland.
Cocurullo said having a mayor in Auckland with strong Northland connections would help build links between the top-of-New Zealand locations.
He said the port's shift north could not happen without government money. Community support was also required.
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...land-to-public
Auckland mayor-elect Wayne Brown has told the council-owned Ports of Auckland he wants vehicle imports shifted away from the city in the “short term” and a plan started on how to return the area to public use.
In Brown’s latest letter to the chairperson of a council-owned entity, released on Tuesday, he told Ports of Auckland chairperson Jan Dawson he also wants container traffic from the port moved entirely to rail “as quickly as possible”.