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FAMILY NOW CAUGHT IN EASTERN BUSWAY’S PATH JH16684-V26
By CHRIS HARROWELL
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ust one month after moving into their new east Auckland home, a family is facing the prospect of having to move again because the property is in the proposed path of a major public transport project. Auckland Transport has written to dozens of Burswood residents to inform them the organisation is planning and designing the next stage of the Eastern Busway, from Pakuranga to Botany. Among those to receive the letter is Kim Paterson who lives in Dulwich Place with her two teenage children and her parents. An AT design she’s seen shows a potential route of the busway running down Ti Rakau Drive, moving left over a new bridge around the back of the Chinatown complex and onto Burswood Drive. It then runs along the back of businesses in Torrens Road, in a straight line past Bunnings, onto Burswood Drive, and back out onto Ti Rakau Drive. The Burswood station sits near
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the ends of Dulwich Place and Heathridge Place. The letter Paterson’s family received says if the preferred design is confirmed, it would have a direct impact on their property. “The preferred design may be refined as we undertake more investigations and consultation with affected and potentially affected landowners as well as the wider community,” it states. “After this work is completed, AT will finalise the route for the project, publish the information on our website and seek the appropriate resource consents and approvals in 2022.” Paterson’s family had an online meeting with AT officials on November 1. They subsequently received another letter as well as a landowner guide to property acquisition and a guide to compensation for fees or costs. The new letter says the next steps are to complete a “kerbside valuation” of their property and then send the family an offer for its acquisition. ➤ Turn to page 10
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Kim Paterson, front centre, with her children Lucas and Amy Baskett and her parents Wendy and Alex Paterson. Times photo Wayne Martin
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