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Council Funding Cuts |
| Auckland Councils are coming under increasing pressure to curb rate rises. As cycling is seen as a "soft" target, Auckland
City and North Shore City in particular are proposing the wholesale
elimination of cycling projects or cycling infrastructure budgets. Help us fight these cuts! We're updating this page to highlight what our myopic civic leaders are proposing, and seeking your assistance to make a simple submission in response to their City Plan consultations. Yes, you may think local government is boring, and that you can't make a difference. But really - you can! Numbers do count! May Update Cycle Action members have been flat out making written and verbal submissions to the ARC, North Shore, Auckland, Waitakere and Manukau City Councils. We've also made submissions on Eden Park, the Marine Events Resource Centre, and the North Shore City Cycle Strategy. Check out what we say here. Thanks very much to those who supported us by making even brief submissions - they really do help. For example, 76 submissions were in favour of retaining the Shore's cycling budget, with only a handful against. We'd also like to thank Council officers, IPENZ, Shoresafe, Raeburn House, NZTA, ARTA and the Regional Public Health Service for supporting us, and a huge thanks to our Olympic board sailer Tom Ashley who also spoke eloquently in support. Will this overwhelming and substantial support sway Councillors, some of whom have entrenched attitudes hostile to cycling? Who knows! We'll let you know on our site when we are notified of the outcomes. Here's the former April call to arms for reference. North
Shore City (submit before 5pm, 24 April 2009) Read Barb Cuthbert's response to North Shore City's plans in the Cycle Action press release. The cycling budget is up for special consideration as one of the Key Decision Areas (scroll down to Section 4). Let Ken and the team at North Shore City know your thoughts by making a submission here. It'll only take a few minutes, and it may be the difference between retaining cycle lanes, and losing all investment for the next 15 years! Read Cycle Action's formal submission - our main focus is on opposing the cuts, but we also have lots to say on other aspects of the Plan, and cycling generally. Auckland
City (submit before 5pm, 18 May 2009) |