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climate change inevitable, it may be impossible for fire engines, ambulances and other emergency vehicles to get through.

There should be an immediate moratorium on all new building construction in Devonport, Belmont and Takapuna, and no new resource consents approved until a practical and financially viable solution to these traffic management problems is found, which will not be easy.

Auckland Council and its staff and mega-paid consultants, led by the eccentric Mayor Wayne Brown and the rest of our ineffective councillors, appears to be unable or not interested in trying to assess the cumulative effects of this high-density housing on traffic management.

This will be exacerbated when the 500 or so apartments and townhouses at Bayswater Marina come on stream.

By that time, the developer Simon Herbert will probably have disappeared over the horizon with a mega-multimillion-dollar profit, leaving the rest of us residents/mugs to try and sort out the mess.

Time is of the essence.

1. Make aĺl the subsidiary feeder roads to Lake Rd a one-way system.

2. Design a traffic-light roading system like at Whangaparaoa Rd, where Lake Rd would have two lanes going from Devonport to Takapuna and one lane from Takapuna to Devonport in the morning peak hours, and the reverse in the afternoon peak hours.

3. To improve traffic flow, build roundabouts at the Lake Rd-Esmonde Rd, Lake Rd-Jutland Rd and Lake Road-Williamson Ave/Bayswater Ave intersections.

4. Get rid of the cycle lanes and redesign the footpaths between Devonport and Takapuna so half the footpath is for pedestrians and the other half for cyclists and scooters.

Having 50 years’ personal experience of the evolving current chaotic system, anything is worth a go instead of sitting on our hands for another 50 years just talking.

Bruce Tubb

Harmony Hall lease decision coming soon

A decision on the lease of Harmony Hall – the Wynyard St home of the Devonport Senior Citizens Association – is expected in the next couple of months.

The hall lease expired in July 2021, since when the association has been on a monthby-month lease.

The group’s new lease application has been assessed and a site visit undertaken last month, Auckland Council confirmed.

Council officers will be workshopping the new lease with the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board in July. A report will be presented to the board for a formal decision, council said.

North Shore out of Chatham Cup

North Shore United’s Chatham Cup football season ended on 3 June, with a 2-1 away loss to South Auckland Rangers.

Bodyline by Guy Body