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THE NEED FOR AMETI
Transport improvements are needed in Auckland’s east from Manukau City Centre in the south, to Glen Innes in the north. AMETI will integrate land use and the provision of transport infrastructure to support business and job growth projected for the area.
Congested roads and historic under-investment in passenger transport has meant residents and employees in the area have typically had to rely on private cars for every day trips.
Particularly disadvantaged are older people, younger people, or those who cannot or do not want to drive a car.
The planned public and private investment in the Tamaki Edge area (Glen Innes, Panmure, Mt Wellington and Sylvia Park) is estimated at around $3 billion.
Over the next 20 years, 70,000 new residents and 30,000 new jobs are expected in the area over the next 20 years.
Facts about the AMETI area:
- The uptake of passenger transport in the area is half the average of Auckland as a whole.
- Where passenger transport has been improved (such as increased bus services for Howick), uptake has improved significantly.
- Important arterial roads are at or above their capacity
- Panmure and Pakuranga bridges carry nearly as many vehicles as the Auckland Harbour Bridge
- Mt Wellington Highway has numerous intersections operating above capacity
- 50,000 vehicles a day enter the Panmure roundabout and disperse to other destinations (this is equivalent to one-way flow on the northern motorway at Tristram Avenue). Similar traffic volumes pass through the Pakuranga Town Centre
- Trips by cycle and walking are low.
- The area has a low uptake of walking school buses and workplace travel plans.
- There is a lack of cycling facilities.
- The accident rate in the area is high.