Proposed Whau River Bridge Underpass for Te Atatu

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Whau River Bridge Underpass

• Where?

• Underneath the Whau River Bridge on the Te Atatu side

• Connecting Te Atatu South with Te Atatu Peninsula

• Linking Bridge Avenue with Harbourview-Orangihina Park

Site • All on publicly-owned land

• South of Whau River Bridge is an escarpment called the Bridge Avenue Reserve (#28 Bridge Avenue on Council’s GIS map)

• North of Whau River Bridge is Harbourview-Orangihina Park

• The underpass would connect these two pieces of land owned by the people of Te Atatu

Historic aerial view (1940s) before Whau Bridge was built

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Benefits • Direct connection of Whau Greenways Project with Te Atatu

Peninsula Walkway

• Enhanced community integration for Te Atatu South & North

• Amenity for walkers, cyclists, sightseeing (Harbourview Circle)

• Link to future harbour ferry service

• Link to future marae in Harbourview

• Would assist restorations in the regionally significant Harbourview Reserve (Auckland Council – Forest & Bird)

Previous Council Policy

• Waitakere City Council

• Waitakere District Plan/Environment Court Decision No. W 041/2007 – Policy 11.52 Marae Special Area (Te Atatu)

• “Any development in the Marae Special Area (Te Atatu) shall be designed to be compatible with landscape features, amenity values, the existing and future development of Harbourview-Orangihina Park, the special amenity and ecological qualities of the adjoining Open Space Environment, Whau River and Waitemata Harbour, and in particular should provide that: … pedestrian linkages are provided for, including through enhancement of the coastal edge …”

Further Enhancement

• Accessing the SH16 cycleway from Bridge Avenue

• A public right-of-way connects Alwyn Ave with Bridge Avenue (between #25 & #27 Alwyn Avenue and #15A Bridge Avenue)

– Alwyn Avenue could be connected with SH 16 cycleway across land on which houses were demolished for motorway upgrade

– Cyclists and pedestrians could access the cycleway from Bridge Avenue via Alwyn Avenue

• Alternatively, the cycleway access could pass across the Bridge Avenue Reserve, which has very fine views and should be developed as a public amenity – Presently not readily accessible and encroached on by Alwyn Avenue

residents

Escarpment and Alwyn Avenue

27 15A

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Alwyn Ave

Covil Ave

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Whau West Greenway Proposal

Discussion

Q & A