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When I moved from Papamoa to Katikati nine years ago, I just assumed that a four-lane expressway would go in to accommodate the ever-growing volume of tra c on the route, but what have we gotten instead? ree passing lanes removed and a series of awkwardly-designed, narrow roundabouts. So when this ash, fourlane Takitimu North Link is completed, it’s going to deliver motorists into this joke of a mess? at’ll be a bit of an anti-climax to their speedy, smooth trip from Tauriko to Te Puna to say the least.

When I moved from Papamoa to Katikati nine years ago, I just assumed that a four-lane expressway would go in to accommodate the ever-growing volume of tra c on the route, but what have we gotten instead? ree passing lanes removed and a series of awkwardly-designed, narrow roundabouts. So when this ash, fourlane Takitimu North Link is completed, it’s going to deliver motorists into this joke of a mess? at’ll be a bit of an anti-climax to their speedy, smooth trip from Tauriko to Te Puna to say the least.

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We’re proposing to invest in a Housing Equity Fund with the funds acquired from selling elder housing villages. Seven elder housing villages were sold to Kāinga Ora in 2022, and two remaining villages previously used for elder housing, Pitau Road village and Hinau Street village in Mount Maunganui, are being sold for private redevelopment.

Housing supply is a priority to us, and we want to know what you think about our proposal to invest the sale proceeds into a Housing Equity Fund to deliver affordable housing in Tauranga.

For more information and to share your thoughts visit: letstalk.tauranga.govt.nz/housing-proceeds

Consultation closes 5pm, Wednesday 21 June

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The Weekend Sun - 16 June 2023