Onehunga residents are concerned about their suburb being cut off from its coastal foreshore if a planned $1.8 billion road goes ahead in its current form. The route of the east-west link will become the "Tamaki Drive" of the Mangere Inlet ending with a "big ugly motorway interchange" at Onehunga, The Onehunga Enhancement Society (TOES) today told a board of inquiry considering the proposal. The east-west link will run through Auckland's industrial belt and connect State Highway 1 at Sylvia Park with State Highway 20 at Onehunga. He said NZTA made it clear the east-west link is not a motorway and likened the Mangere Inlet section to Ponsonby Rd and not a big ugly motorway. Ngati Whatua Orakei is also fighting to protect the Onehunga foreshore and Mangere Inlet, according to its submission presented today.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 04, 2017 05:03 UTC