Auckland Transport disputes slip responsibility

A Warkworth couple is at their wit’s end trying to motivate Auckland Transport (AT) to fix an eroding bank on their boundary, which they say is owned by AT. However, AT says it is not their problem. During heavy rain earlier this month, part of the bank in front of Jo and Matt Wildermoth’s home collapsed, taking their gardening shed and equipment with it, and blocking one lane of Whitaker Road for several hours.

Jo says the slip was no surprise.

“We first brought the instability of the bank to AT’s attention seven years ago and a similar slip happened three years ago,” she says. The couple is asking AT to continue the gabion wall that already protects neighbouring properties.

“Plenty of council people have been to inspect it, but they go away and nothing is done.

“We spent thousands of dollars putting road. continued page 3