The “blue highway” project planned to transform an estuary at Coromandel Town and build a multimillion-dollar marina with a ferry service to Auckland, 16 marine-side apartments, and berths for charter vessels. A developer has abandoned his decades-long vision to create a “blue highway” in the Coromandel Peninsula after his funding application was denied. Coromandel Marine Gateway, headed by developer and mussel farming pioneer Gilbert James, was denied funding from the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) in November last year. The “blue highway” project planned to transform an estuary at Coromandel Town and build a multimillion-dollar marina with a ferry service to Auckland, 16 marine-side apartments, and berths for charter vessels. PITA STREET DEVELOPMENT/Supplied An artist’s impression of the proposed Pita Street Development project - the “blue highway” connecting Auckland to the Coromandel Peninsula.

Source: Stuff September 09, 2020 01:18 UTC