City Rail Link Investing in Auckland’s Future
St Johns Rotary - July 2015 1
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Auckland in 2041 Auckland is pivotal to the social, economic and cultural development of New Zealand
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2,500,000
More than 700,000 new residents
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An extra 400,000 dwellings
Twice as many city centre and city fringe residents and employees City Centre student numbers up by 30%
City centre producing 25% of Auckland’s GDP currently 17%
1,500,000
Growth to 2041
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Christchurch Wellington
Waikato
Bay of Plenty
Otago
Growth in Auckland to 2041
Auckland's growth in perspective
We are adding Wellington and Christchurch to Auckland in the next 30 years
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CRL Video
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CRL - City wide benefits
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Public Transport users - changing • NZTA research says the extent to which Generation Y has embraced public transport (PT) and would use it more if it was improved is underestimated • Generation Y (1979-1999) is shunning car ownership in favour of PT - their PT use has been increasing since the turn of the century unlike other age groups. Driver licences also less common. • Generation Zero, a non partisan youth-led organisation that arose from the Copenhagen youth summit has the central purpose of providing solutions for cutting carbon pollution through smarter transport
• Suits on trains a norm with annual rail patronage growing 22% • Chinese and Hindi now 2nd and 4th most spoken languages in Auckland
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Rail Patronage Growth On track to hit 20m trips well before 2020
Annual Rail Patronage (millions)
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Observed annualised monthly growth
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Extrapolated annualised monthly growth (past 2 years observed)
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Currently on track to reach 20m pax between 3 - 2.5 years earlier than 2020 target date
Date Auckland likely to reach 20m annual rail boardings
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Auckland’s economy •
Auckland employment composition
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Advanced business services, finance and insurance Government, health and education Wholesaling and retailing Other
Auckland accounts for 34% of jobs in NZ and most are in the urban areas Auckland generates 37% of NZ’s GDP Wellington, Hamilton and Tauranga combined, account for 13% of jobs Transport is critical to shape urban form and lead economic development in cities
CBD Employment Growth – Leading Development • Target is 25,000 additional jobs • Key issue is lack of capacity • Jobs being pushed into CBD fringe (Newton etc) • The private sector now investing heavily in new capacity • Auckland on track to meet Government’s employment target through private investment Colliers International “Between 2015 and 2020, more than 168,000m² of office space forecast to be developed in the CBD and Victoria Quarter.” Accommodates 12-15,000 jobs. 10
Albert St proposed developments- 170K sq metres
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Transport leads Development
• Leading growth with transport infrastructure is vital to shaping the city
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Development Opportunities CRL - Driving Auckland Development
“The CRL is the foremost transformational project in the next decade. It creates the most significant place shaping opportunity” – Auckland Plan
“Auckland’s central business district needs 18 more PWC Towers, 18 Metropolis buildings and 18 shopping centres by 2031” – Alan McMahon national director of research and consulting at Colliers International
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CRL Programme
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CRL Alignment
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Vertical Alignment
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CRL Enabling Works - Construction Footprint
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Draft contract earliest start dates 2015 Nov
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Britomart Temp Accom CPO (Civil Works) Demolition starts
Downtown DSC
Victoria St (east/west constraint)
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- Tyler and Galway Street (access change, buses removed and reversing Tyler) - Lower Queen Street buses removed - Interim bus plan operational
Queen Street Contract 1
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Stormwater pipe moved to enable tunnel construction Albert St cut and cover Lower Albert St (partially closed to through traffic) Albert St (Victoria to Custom) service lanes only)
Custom St/Albert St intersection
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Britomart temporary facility
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Lower Queen St public space concept
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Lower Albert Street
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Albert Street public realm – Design concept
Illustration showing Albert Street streetscape concept mid-block
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Aotea Station
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CRL - Karangahape Station, Mercury Lane – concept •
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Catalyst for urban development Future proofed for possible development above the entrance.
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CRL - Mt Eden Station – Design concept
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CRL - Mt Eden redevelopment
Catalyst for development and supports council objective for urban village
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Transport - Conclusions • There is an established way of approach transport appraisal based on straight line growth forecasts and values of time with fixed population and employment patterns, but it is not clear that it reflects what actually happens • In reality transport drives land use patterns just as much as land use drives transport demand
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