Draft Auckland Plan City Centre Master Plan

Supplementary Material to Original Presentation

Benjamin Ross -Papakura-

The Presentation

1. City Rail Link 2. Wynyard Quarter

City Rail Link

Council Estimated Cost: $2.4b and completion by 2021?
Applying The Rail Fallacy: $3.6b and 2025-2032 (as per original and supplementary Submission)

Why? Manukau Rail which is delayed Opening at 1.5x over-budget for a Station that already misses the mark
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City Rail Link

Parnell Station

Is it really required given The heavy use of the line Between Newmarket and Britomart

Lack of redundancy infrastructure at site: 1. Crossovers at each end 2. Or a third bypass line Frequency of services? Special Events at the Domain?
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Wynyard Quarter

Once in a life time opportunity from premier urban redevelopment

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Wynyard Quarter
Agree with most of proposed redevelopment but believe critical mass is necessary

Lead to my own idea - blending the Sea+City Project with some alternative ideas

How? Refer to separately attached document and following slide

Wynyard Quarter
The How
You can see two stark contrasts between the current Urban Environment of Wynyard Quarter on sheet one and the planned Urban Environment on sheet two. The question is how did I come up with the final plan seen in sheet two and more to the point why? The why is explained in depth on sheet four with this sheet (sheet three) explaining the how. The primary objective being rather than leaning more towards open space with sprinkling of developments towards the southern end of Wynyard Quarter (which is the Sea+City idea) , I have opted for more maximum development utilizing as much floor space as possible per development site right throughout the Quarter while still allowing for a more moderate approach to open space. I decided on leaning towards more maximum development and a moderated approach to open space for a few reasons: 1. Reason one, to allow as much economic return back to the city as possible while still creating enough open spaces for people to enjoy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. 2. Reason two, to provide a residential space close enough to the still growing Central Business District (in hope of cutting some commuting times) 3. Reason three, the location of Wynyard Quarter is often exposed to the harsh weather elements (as I discovered on my field work). Maximum open space would be somewhat redundant if no one used it due to Aucklands 5 seasons in 4 minutes weather or not enough development in the area to attract people away from the Viaduct to the Wynyard Quarter 4. That not enough development leads to Reason four; while open space is nice to relax on, if there is no place to go to the loo or grab your caffeine fix nearby so you can enjoy that Flat White at the park then the open space can not be used to its maximum utilisation. So enough supporting development would help maximise open space usage So with the reasoning above, this is how I came to drawing up the concept plans for the future urban environment of Wynyard Quarter. 7

Wynyard Quarter a Possibility?