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Proposed Auckland housing project sparks concerns over traffic, schools, and community impact

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A proposal to construct 87 dwellings in Half Moon Bay, East Auckland, has received substantial opposition from local residents, with over 820 submissions lodged with Auckland Council.

Neighbours on Compass Point Way, near the development site at Pigeon Mountain Rd, are particularly concerned about increased traffic congestion, limited parking, and road safety issues. According to a report in state media, many worry that the planned single entrance to the new complex on their dead-end street would lead to overcrowding and strain already limited parking spaces, especially with ferry commuters already utilising the area for parking.

Residents fear that such a dense development would disrupt the established character of their neighborhood.

Further concerns focus on the impact the additional households may have on local schools, which already struggle with capacity.

Parents and local principals worry that increased student enrollments from the development could lead to overcrowded classrooms and strain educational resources. Compass Point Way Residents Association chair Don Malcolm said that while the community is open to development, they prefer it to be in harmony with the existing neighborhood. Auckland Council is currently assessing the resource consent application, with an independent commissioners’ hearing to follow.

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  1. All of these ‘housing’ projects look hideous, while there are literally thousands of empty shops, office spaces and other buildings which could be repurposed, albeit needing some creativity, without too much strain on existing services. The boxes made out of Ticky tacky are demoralising to look at, let alone live in.

    • Well said. There’s no parking for visitors, no chance for growing food and where are all the friggen people coming from? I don’t know anyone who wants to be flooded with immigrants.

      We have these tricky tacky future slums popping up all over Rotorua. Unwelcome and unwanted unless you happen to be someone who’s getting it all for free.

  2. Auckland Council is currently assessing the resource consent application, with an independent commissioners’ hearing to follow.
    Now there’s a red flag
    What could possibly go wrong
    Will be interesting to see how this transpires
    Brings to mind new fast tracking laws and their fallout from shortsightedness
    There is always something nobody has thought of
    Chances of a cockup magnified through narrow window time constraints

  3. So the NIMBY’s in Half Moon Bay are all upset ! What about what is going on in my area with all these town-houses that have been erected willy-nilly destroying good green farmland ?

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