The Next Step: Transport and Urban Development The Hamilton-Auckland Corridor Initiative Building Nations Symposium 2019 Rotorua - 22 August 2019 Hon Phil Twyford Minister of Transport and Urban Development
Our approach to urban growth management has been unsuccessful A sn snapshot of f our r urb rban areas Income is Inc is not ot growing Lan Land pric rices ar are too hig igh Productivit ity is is fla flat as as it it sh should ld Traffic con ongestion is is Hou ousin ing costs ar are risi rising gettin ing worse 2
Key changes are needed to how we manage growth Mak akin ing room Tru rue costs of of Tran ansport of of for growth growth modern cit citie ies The Urban Growth Agenda (UGA) strategy Designed to create the conditions for the market to respond to growth, bring down the high cost of urban land to improve housing affordability and support thriving communities . The five pillars of work: Infrastructure Legislative Transport Urban Spatial funding and reform pricing planning planning financing
Applying the new approach and tools: Examples of new regional growth management partnerships Tauranga-Western Auckland Housing and Urban Growth Bay of Plenty Programme (Crown, Auckland Council) Hamilton-Auckland Corridor Partnership, Plan and Programme (Crown, Iwi, Waipa District, Hamilton City, Waikato District, Auckland Council, Waikato Regional Council) Wellington Region Canterbury Queenstown Lakes-Central Otago
Case study: Hamilton-Auckland Corridor Solution: NZ’s first inter -regional, integrated corridor planning initiative … several … keen interest to Significant Significant rail development assets, proposals for new unlock land use underutilised… potential, rapid and metro rail opportunities at unrealised… services pace and scale
Why focus on the Hamilton-Auckland corridor? ✓ It’s significant and unique ✓ It’s dynamic ✓ It has significant potential… ✓ … but also significant challenges ✓ It has the right leadership culture ✓ It cuts across territorial, iwi and government administrative boundaries
Focus areas Papakura-Pokeno Stronger Rivers corridor corridor Four Waters connections River communities Hamilton-Waikato metro area
Stronger Corridor Connections Extending Auckland Shared spatial intent: To metro rail network south, fundamentally re-orientate land also into north Waikato use towards rapid/mass transit Local connections Intercity rail Realising the • In stages, 2020 onwards opportunities from Waikato Expressway • Boosting productivity Improved access to • Improving access, enabling public transport greater transport choice • Reducing congestion and A new metro mass emissions from transport transit network • Increasing and anchoring urban Local connections development capacity
Papakura-Pokeno corridor
River Communities
Hamilton-Waikato metropolitan area
STRONG GROWTH MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIPS that enable… JOINT, INTEGRATED A TRANSFORMATIVE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROGRAMMES which unlocks… realised through…
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