Planning for these four future urban areas in Auckland is at the very beginning of a lengthy, iterative process. An initial round of stakeholder, iwi and community consultation was first held in Feb-March 2016 to seek early feedback on the long term transport aspirations, issues and ideas being proposed for each network plan.
Feedback from the community thenhas helped the joint project team to come up with a short list of features to be put forward in a draft network plan for a second round of consultation in April-May 2016.
Next steps:
The results of this second consultation have been fed into a wider technical, social, cultural and engineering analysis process being undertaken by the joint project team, to help develop the content of each transport network plan. The final recommended transport network plans will go forward to seek support from each organisation's Board by the end of 2016. The results of this second consultation will be fed into a wider technical, social, cultural and engineering analysis process to help develop a preferred transport network plan for each area in mid-2016 that will go forward to seek support from each organisation's Board.
The transport network plans will then be able to be used by other organisations as a long term planning tool.The transport network plans will then be able to be used by other organisations as a long term planning tool.
It is important to note this does not mean the network plans will be set in stone. The next step in the transport planning process is to identify which projects need to be further developed, and to apply for funding to investigate them further over the next few years. It is important to note this does not mean the network plans will be set in stone. The next step in the transport planning process is to identify which projects need to be further developed, and to apply for funding to investigate them further over the next few years.
Additional opportunities for consultation will happen as projects start to develop and go through the consents process over the next few decades. This is just the start of the journey to plan for Auckland’s future communities.Additional opportunities for consultation will happen as projects start to develop and go through the consents process over the next few decades. This is just the start of the journey to plan for Auckland’s future communities.