Wayne Brown: Auckland Mayor says Auckland Transport's loss in power is good for the council's decision making process

Better, faster, cheaper's the aim of the newly announced refresh to Auckland's transport governance.  

The government's introducing legislation to strip Auckland Transport of many of its powers - handing responsibility for major roads to Auckland Council, and local roads to community boards.  

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown told Heather du Plessis-Allan the council should be able to make decisions, as going through Auckland Transport is frustrating. 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Auckland Transport has been defunded and new law will strip
powers from at and will hand control of roads planning
and big decisions back to Auckland Council. Auckland Transport will
then only be in charge of delivering public transport. Wayne
Brown is the mayor of Auckland and with us high Wayne,
do you reckon, we'll get different decisions on roads.

Speaker 2 (00:19):
I think we will like what definitely will well just
a typical example of I write them asking for first
east west trip through the middle of the city, which
is basically Victoria Street, because it's kind of simple that
you get through from and it's I've got the opposite.

(00:42):
There's a set of lights just become up a Victoria
Park to the first intersection. Ear you have to work
thirty five seconds for people that walk across, and then
you get six seconds on the road. And at the
other end when you're coming from the other way up
towards from Elbert Street, I'm up to the next one.

(01:04):
They've gone to ones two turning around. So if they
go straight ahead and get to wait till some person
who's got my wrong eye turning ahead of you. It's
a simple thing like that, which is as them to
do differently, and they don't don't do it, you know,
they just don't listen.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
What about what about the road cone spin which came
in about sixty three million across a year. Will you
guys bring that down?

Speaker 2 (01:31):
Well, not only is that, I think we're going to
work on the road cone industry of fairly resistance because
they make their money out of road caps. And the
government have got the slightly change the rules too as well.
But the government aren't listening. And we are working together
on more things than we ever have before them and
so and they fund have at as well, in by

(01:52):
cases jointly with me. Interested in getting costs down. Yeah,
and my life better, faster, cheaper, thinking we'll have to
go right across everything that they do.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
When is it kicking in.

Speaker 2 (02:04):
Well grid of Parliament with better fast to achieved. It's
going to take a few months, but you know it's committed.
They can't get out of it now. The change is coming.
I found the ATA wanted that at all. They liked
their independence.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
No surprise, Hey, Wayne, just quickly on the housing density,
whose side are you on, Chris Bishop or David Seymour's.

Speaker 2 (02:26):
Well, I'm working with Chris Bishop David seam has got
nothing to do this. It's supposed to be reducing government costs.
Instead he's interfering and that's not welcome.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
Thank you, Wayne, appreciate it, Wayne Brown, Mayor of Auckland.
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