Warkworth can’t handle the truth about proposed toll road
Once again, the Herald ignores a topic important to many of their subscribers.
Grant McLachlan - Column
Oct 20, 20203 min read
Dopey economic theory causing social decline
The Herald headline read "Auckland Council golf courses a $2b-plus development bonanza." Here is the column challenging it.
Grant McLachlan - Column
Oct 14, 20204 min read
Jackson exposes property industry cynicism
To view online published article, please click here. The stoush between the Wellington mayor and a movie industrialist encapsulates what...
Grant McLachlan - New Zealand Herald - Column
Jun 1, 20194 min read
Lower rural speed limits often worsen congestion
To view the original article, please click here. Be careful what you wish for when suggesting the lowering of speed limits on rural roads. Often it results in unintended consequences. In 2007, the then-named Transit New Zealand (now NZ Transport Agency) published a planning policy manual setting out how it wished to integrate land use around its national roading network. The manual tried to avoid adjacent activities affecting the efficient flow of traffic. The quantity, qu
Grant McLachlan - New Zealand Herald - Column
Oct 12, 20183 min read
Council officials make mockery of Unitary Plan
To visit the original article, please click here. There is little point having an Auckland Unitary Plan if council planners ignore it....
Grant McLachlan - New Zealand Herald - Column
Mar 6, 20183 min read
Gisborne needn't be end of the line
To view the published column, please visit this link. The original column is shown below. The section of the Gisborne-Wairoa railway...
Grant McLachlan - Gisborne Herald - Column
Oct 28, 20173 min read
Phil Goff painting himself into corner over North Rodney
To view the original article, please click here. Auckland Mayor Phil Goff's position against a North Rodney referendum to break away from...
Grant McLachlan - New Zealand Herald - Column
Oct 26, 20173 min read
Seven Sharp – Could this be New Zealand's worst intersection?
Grant is involved with the Fix Hill Street Now action group to fix New Zealand's worst intersection. He features in this item from TVNZ's...
Seven Sharp
Oct 5, 20171 min read
Protected trees are falling to council incompetence
To view the original article, please click here. The Auckland Council is causing serious environmental damage due to decisions based on...
Grant McLachlan - New Zealand Herald - Column
Oct 4, 20173 min read
FACT CHECK: Was the Boathouse Bay decision predetermined?
The decision by Auckland Council to grant resource consent for a 33-dwelling intensive development called Boathouse Bay has shocked many...
Grant McLachlan
Oct 1, 20175 min read
FACT CHECK: Did Didsbury bury his complicity in Boathouse Bay?
If you view this year’s 1 March issue of Mahurangi Matters, one thing stands out. Can you spot it?
Grant McLachlan
Sep 27, 201710 min read
Snell's Beach historic pine exposes law's weak protection
To view the original article, please click here. The Lawrie's Norfolk is now on the New Zealand Tree Register. The recent decision by the...
Grant McLachlan - New Zealand Herald - Column
Sep 4, 20173 min read
Little town wants a big roundabout
Grant is involved with the Fix Hill Street Now action group to fix New Zealand's worst intersection. He features in this episode of Radio...
Checkpoint - Radio New Zealand
Jul 26, 20171 min read
Gutsful – Episode 4 – NZ's Worst Intersection
Grant is involved with the Fix Hill Street Now action group to fix New Zealand's worst intersection. He features in this episode of...
TVNZ, Greenstone TV
Jun 8, 20171 min read
Worst highway junction just got worse
To view the original article, please click here. The Transport Agency hasn't factored into calculations how dangerous the Warkworth...
Grant McLachlan - New Zealand Herald - Column
Sep 5, 20163 min read
Traffic-jam ordeal 'solved'
You can find the original article here. Frustrated former planner reckons replacing lights with 2 roundabouts will fix traffic nightmare....
Amelia Wade - New Zealand Herald
May 19, 20162 min read
Christchurch-Queenstown Winter Olympics could fix a lot of problems
The original article can be found here. A Russian speed skating team at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Grant McLachlan argues that many facilities such as speed-skating rinks, luge tracks and ski-jumping towers are prefabricated, making it easy to dismantle and re-use them after an Olympics. As the first snow of the season dusts Canterbury skifields, GRANT McLACHLAN says the time is ripe for the South Island to dream big and host a Winter Olympics. OPINION: When a
Grant McLachlan - Stuff - Column
May 18, 20164 min read
Planners blinded by big picture
Warkworth’s Hill St intersection is the poster child for bureaucratic incompetence. Please click here to visit the published column. If...
Grant McLachlan - New Zealand Herald - Column
May 4, 20163 min read
For and against: Waterfront stadium
Original article can be found here. A waterfront stadium could synergise Central Auckland, creating an entertainment hub that would complement neighbouring arenas, theatres, museums, conference venues, accommodation and tourism districts. If integrated with infrastructure, it could solve a backlog of problems. The favoured location for the stadium is Bledisloe Wharf - the same wharf Ports of Auckland wish to extend. Across the road from Britomart, it is at a major choke point
Grant McLachlan - New Zealand Herald - Column
Mar 18, 20163 min read
Contrived problems are the problem
You can’t please everyone. When the Rodney Local Board tried to please a vocal minority they annoyed the apathetic majority by making...
Grant McLachlan - Stuff - Column
Nov 3, 20153 min read
