The Star: May 10, 2018

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Opinion
•From page 21
Bill Misselbrook - Consent
for new building developments
should include provision for
adequate parking space for employees
and customers/visitors.
Too easy.
Jaed During - Funny. Didn’t
a bar lose its operating licence
because it didn’t provide enough
car parks? I loathe hypocrisy!
We have had the opportunity
through natural disaster to do
things effectively with our city
and yet here’s another example
that those in power (and on
high incomes) are
incompetent.
Sheryl Rodgers
- Why is
they not out there
ticketing them
every day? The
only reason people
continue to park
is because they get
away with it! I live in the area and
have seen it on my street. Once
the cars are ticketed more than
once, they stop parking there.
Alistair Price - It is only
illegal because the CCC created
bylaws to try and fix a problem
that was of its own making by
allowing a developer to build and
have insufficient car parking for
the use intended of the premises.
When the Styx development was
proposed neighbouring residents
were very concerned about the
lack of parking within the centre
and the impact of staff parking in
streets around the development.
The developer and the CCC did
not care at all. When Botany
Town Centre (Auckland) was
built the local council insisted
that all staff car parking had to be
on site.
Paula Jones – There’s parking
at the business park if you
want to pay for it, it’s just horrendously
expensive if your work
place is too tight to pay
for parking for you and
each business only gets
allocated a certain number
of parks. I worked
there for 18 months and
had one car written off
thanks to someone wiping
out three cars plus
himself, as we use to park
on Russley Rd opposite
but when they took that away
it just moved the problem and
made it worse.
Rachael Brown - Perhaps
they should take the bus?
Jo Zervos – Now they will
put in bike lanes there to discourage
the use of cars.
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Injecting light and life
NEARLY 400 people and
organisations have taken the
time to submit on our Long
Term Plan, and what a diversity
of views they bring to the table.
I really enjoy listening to what
people have to say.
We had a real thrill this week
to hear what is planned to
replace the ANZ building on the
corner of Cathedral Square.
The submitter was asking us
to bring forward funding to do
the work that needs to be done
on the south side of Cathedral
Square. He talked about how
the private sector was making
an enormous investment – the
Distinction Hotel, the Spark
building (which will include a
hospitality venue on its roof) and
this new one.
He was saying that the city
needed to provide the right
environment to support these
businesses that were opening up
these north facing buildings to
the Square.
He then showed us the image
of the new building. It has been
designed by no less than Shigeru
Ban, who gave us the Transitional
Cathedral and it is stunning.
Internationally renowned
for both his post-disaster work
and exceptionally innovative
approach to architecture, it is a
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Mayor
Lianne Dalziel
thrill to know his work will be
up front and centre in terms of
the city’s future.
Aotea operated the Naturally
NZ gift store on the other side
of the square for just over 30
years. This new venue which
will include food and beverage
will be open to 11pm every night
injecting light and life into the
heart of the city.
•If you want to ask Ms
Dalziel a question, email
mayor@ccc.govt.nz. Put
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