NZ Urban Development news from the media | 16 November 2021 | Government steps in to fund infrastructure for Auckland housing

Government steps in to fund infrastructure for Auckland housing

• Up to 1,260 additional homes enabled across five Auckland suburbs
• Mount Roskill, Māngere and Northcote get significant increase in wastewater, stormwater and clean water capacity 
• Improved water discharge to Tāmaki Estuary, reducing flooding risk
• Improved road safety and walking and cycling safety across Tāmaki and Oranga

Five Auckland suburbs are getting a major Government housing boost from the Housing Acceleration Fund, enabling up to 1,260 additional homes on top of the 2,500 additional homes that have already been supported by Government funding, the Housing Minister Dr Megan Woods announced today.

“$282 million will be spent on Large Scale Projects (LSPs) in Mt Roskill, Mangere, Tāmaki, Oranga and Northcote, in Auckland’s first big chunk of Housing Acceleration funding,” says Housing Minister Megan Woods.

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-steps-fund-infrastructure-auckland-housing

Australian modular apartment builder failed part-way into $20m Kāinga Ora projects

An Australian modular apartment business that won $20 million of Government state housing agency contracts has gone into liquidation, abandoning two Auckland sites with partly finished homes.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/australian-modular-apartment-builder-failed-part-way-into-20m-kainga-ora-projects/VBF46IKW2XWSOJRDQ5EA3OMJHY/

VIDEO: optimism for Auckland’s city centre

Auckland Council and Eke Panuku are proud to release a video illustrating how far the city centre has come in its planned 20-year transformation.

The video shows how the delivery of the City Centre Masterplan is proving to be much more than the sum of its parts.

It provides perspective on why these 4.3 square kilometres of Auckland play a pivotal role in the economic health of New Zealand.

https://youtu.be/R6Og8nDNIi8