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THE LONG, LONG GRASS OF HOME…<br />
By Kim Ward<br />
I could be a smart-alec and suggest that they were simply waiting for the grass to get long enough for hay baling; or<br />
I could bring out the ‘dangerous’ card and point out that the sections of <strong>Pare</strong>moremo Rd with wide grass kerbs can<br />
no longer be walked on because the weeds are a metre high therefore forcing people to walk on the road edge. Or I<br />
could just have a b#*ch about <strong>Pare</strong>moremo seemingly falling off the radar, and wondering how best to address that…<br />
After a few e-mails, I discovered that roadside mowing in <strong>Pare</strong>moremo is the job of Auckland Transport – their<br />
contractor is on a performance-based contract and here is the excerpt from the contract applicable to our area:<br />
“Grass height before mowing shall not exceed 400 mm and when mown shall be within 75 mm of the ground surface<br />
from a point 2m from the edge of the metal shoulder to the boundary/fenceline, where practical”.<br />
There can be nothing more grating than listening to an oldie harking back to the rose-tinted “good ole’ days” – but<br />
when those days were less than ten years ago (North Shore City Council), and the memory is of <strong>Pare</strong>moremo’s<br />
roadsides being mowed regularly – and properly – maybe one can be forgiven for the occasional frustrated outburst<br />
that might include the words “reduced services” and “increased rates”…<br />
Don’t let that frustration eat you up – here’s how you can get some action. If there is a Job Number allocated, make<br />
a note of it. And please, persist. Ring back if the job isn’t done in the timeframe indicated, or in a timely manner.<br />
Maybe if the words “I’m from <strong>Pare</strong>moremo” induce end-of-phone eye rolling we might eventually see a return to the<br />
good ‘ole days… sigh.<br />
Auckland Council Hotline Ph 301 0101<br />
Trees down<br />
Graffiti<br />
Missed rubbish/recycling collections<br />
Road signs fallen over or missing<br />
Illegally dumped rubbish<br />
Auckland Transport Ph 355 3553<br />
Pot holes<br />
Other road damage<br />
Roadside mowing (will not apply to The Avenue)<br />
"I can't cut<br />
the Grass until I<br />
find the lawnmower<br />
and I can't find the<br />
lawnmower until I<br />
Cut the grass!"<br />
You can report issues online also:<br />
www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz<br />
www.at.govt.nz and type in ‘report a problem’ in the Search Box<br />
and follow the instructions to lodge the issue<br />
For other Useful Contacts, see the inside back page every month.<br />
If you have a suggestion for the Useful Contacts page, please email us at parepublisher@gmail.com<br />
Williams Concrete Ltd.<br />
[we're a family business]<br />
Stephen Williams<br />
Concrete/Digger/Bobcat/<br />
Traffic Management/<br />
Concrete cutting/Tip truck<br />
0274973316<br />
williamsconcreteltd@xtra.co.nz<br />
Williams Concrete Ltd<br />
LIVING<br />
THE<br />
DREAM!<br />
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