Why is it favoured by the Councils?
In addition to providing local people with better access to an airport, more visitors would arrive stimulating tourism, and businesses would locate around the airport. A commercial airport and associated development would be a major stimulant to the economy of Auckland’s north and west. Urban planning in Auckland is focused on reducing sprawl, increasing the density of land use, and making sure people can live-work-play within close physical proximity. Auckland can spend billions on new roads, but with 39 cars being added to its roads every day, road construction will not keep up. It is critical to increase use of public transport and to reduce the demand for travel. Commercial airport operations at Whenuapai is completely consistent with these land use goals.
Related Questions
- It’s interesting to see that neither Scriptapalooza nor ScriptPimp are on your list of favoured contests. I can only assume you recommend AGAINST these?
- Collaborative working and large projects are being favoured; would multiple organisations on 1 project be favoured over a number of demonstrations?
- Is it true that manufacturing companies are favoured?
