Shut wharf the missing link in plan..

The closure of an Auckland ferry terminal is creating a missing link in the city’s transport plans, including the multi million dollar SkyPath and SeaPath projects.

The Northcote Point wharf was closed indefinitely on June 20 when routine maintenance inspections found wooden structural pieces of the wharf had deteriorated.

However, local politicians are putting pressure on Auckland Transport to upgrade to an all weather ferry terminal and reinstate the ferry service, or risk jeopardising other major transport plans.....

.... A meeting on July 18, proposed putting $2million, from the local board transport capital fund, towards a Northcote Point wharf upgrade.

In her deputy chair’s report Danielle Grant raised the issue of the importance of public transport in the area. ‘‘With the significant congestion in our local board area, it is essential that all public transport options are promoted and maintained,’’ Grant said.

This article is published by North Shore Times. A full copy of the article is available here
on pages 1 and 5.