For the record, my / STFs involvement with the site is to purely provide plant and labour to manage the site on behalf of Auckland Council. Some of you may be aware that we invested in a new purpose and custom built 38 ton boat lifter and haul unit approximately 5 years ago, this was a game changer when compared to our old tractor and trolley system that was limited to 12 tons and allowed a greater range of boat types to be hauled.
For the past five years the hardstand has been operating under constant threat of closure (hence neither myself nor Auckland Council being able to commit any more resources to the site) via the Local Board who have jurisdiction over the site as it deemed a park. Some members of the board want to see the site turned into a park and a “consultation” process was entered into a couple of months ago. This process put forward three options:
1)Status quo
2)Shrinkage of the hardstand to make more “open space”
3)Close the hardstand and replace it with a 24-million-dollar park (that neither the board nor Auckland Council have anyfunding for). The park option was selected…….
Bottom line, if people don’t get involved and help save the site it will be lost. Pier 21 has obviously just closed; they did 2000 boat movements a year. Due to the value of coastal land there will never be another hardstand build in the inner Auckland area, meaning to find an economic haul out solution you will need to take your boat to Whangarei and given the new Bio Security regs that are coming that require boats to have no more than “light slime” you will be doing the trip regularly!
N.B a recent report commissioned by Auckland Councils Bio Security team, Northland Regional Council and the Bay of Plenty Regional Council has found that based on a boats being cleaned / fouled annually Auckland currently only has only 66% hardstand capacity to achieve this.
Okahu Hard Stand meeting
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For the record, my / STFs involvement with the site is to purely provide plant and labour to manage the site on behalf of Auckland Council. Some of you may be aware that we invested in a new purpose and custom built 38 ton boat lifter and haul unit approximately 5 years ago, this was a game changer when compared to our old tractor and trolley system that was limited to 12 tons and allowed a greater range of boat types to be hauled.
For the past five years the hardstand has been operating under constant threat of closure (hence neither myself nor Auckland Council being able to commit any more resources to the site) via the Local Board who have jurisdiction over the site as it deemed a park. Some members of the board want to see the site turned into a park and a “consultation” process was entered into a couple of months ago. This process put forward three options:
1) Status quo
2) Shrinkage of the hardstand to make more “open space”
3) Close the hardstand and replace it with a 24-million-dollar park (that neither the board nor Auckland Council have any funding for). The park option was selected…….
You can check it out here: https://akhaveyoursay.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/the-landing
Bottom line, if people don’t get involved and help save the site it will be lost. Pier 21 has obviously just closed; they did 2000 boat movements a year. Due to the value of coastal land there will never be another hardstand build in the inner Auckland area, meaning to find an economic haul out solution you will need to take your boat to Whangarei and given the new Bio Security regs that are coming that require boats to have no more than “light slime” you will be doing the trip regularly!
N.B a recent report commissioned by Auckland Councils Bio Security team, Northland Regional Council and the Bay of Plenty Regional Council has found that based on a boats being cleaned / fouled annually Auckland currently only has only 66% hardstand capacity to achieve this.