Fast-track friction: Auckland Council, Watercare oppose Ōrewa housing development

Fast-track friction: Auckland Council, Watercare oppose Ōrewa housing development
The proposed Delmore development is on the left of this masterplan submitted by Vineway as part of its fast-track application. (Image: Screenshot)
Oliver Lewis
Watercare says it may refuse to service water and wastewater connections to a proposed Auckland housing development going through the fast-track process.The Auckland water services provider made the assertion in its submission to an expert panel considering the Delmore housing project to construct more than 1,200 homes on 109 hectares of future urban zoned land in Upper Ōrewa.The Auckland Council, Watercare and Auckland Transport (AT), collectively referred to as the council family, identified several issues they said met the threshold for the...

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