City Rail Link Investing in Auckland’s Development Auckland University July 2014
Complexity
Clyde Dam $2.5b
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Overview •
Update and strategic context
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Leading development
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Key information
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Current focus and next steps
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Project overview
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Timeline
Council
AT
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2012
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2014
Endorsed City Rail Link as top transport project and directed AT to seek a designation.
Strategy and Finance Committee moved that AT progress the land acquisition and technical requirements.
Agreed to enter negotiations with Precinct Properties in relation to the Downtown Shopping Centre.
Independent commissioners support Notices of Requirement.
Early concept design finalised. Iwi and landowner engagement. City Centre Future Access Study released.
Notices of Requirement notified. Public consultation and hearing. Principal Technical Advisor appointed. Property purchases start.
Notices of Requirement recommendation, decision and appeals. Design progresses.
Project team established. Designation work starts.
AP& Integrated Transport Programme
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Auckland Plan Transformational Shifts Dramatically accelerate the prospects of Auckland’s children and young people
Strongly commit to environmental action and green growth
Move to outstanding public transport within one network
Radically improve the quality of urban living
Substantially raise living Significantly lift standards for all Māori social and Aucklanders and economic focus on those wellbeing most in need
ITP Benefits Better use of transport resources to maximise return on existing assets
Reduced adverse environmental effects from Auckland’s transport system
Increased access to a wider range of transport choices
Auckland’s transport system Auckland’s Improved safety better connects transport system of Auckland’s communities and moves people transport supports a high and goods system quality urban efficiently form
Auckland wide benefits
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City centre – economic contribution • About one in six workers in Auckland work in the city centre • Average city centre earnings 27% higher than the rest of Auckland • City centre accounts for 17% of Auckland GDP, 25% by 2041 • Agglomeration benefits drive higher productivity and wages • Improved access is key to Auckland’s economic growth
• CRL biggest contributor to improved city centre access
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Transport leads development
• Actively leading growth with transport infrastructure is vital to shaping the city
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Government position - 28 June 2013 Patronage Target 25,000,000
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• Broadly agrees with the December 2012 CCFAS findings • Government has indicated that it is committed to: a joint business case with Auckland Council in 2017, or earlier if patronage and employment conditions are met providing its share of funding for a construction start in 2020
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Govt Target
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Linear (Patronage)
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Employment Target 140,000 120,000 100,000
CBD Employment
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Not if but when
Patronage
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Govt Target Linear (CBD Employment)
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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City Rail Link- the route Trains every 5 to 10 minutes
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Vertical alignment
• Britomart to Eden Terrace • 3 new city centre stations
• 3.4km – mainly underground
Britomart Station - concept Innovation: Integrated Station Planning
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Aotea Station - concept Innovation: Integrated Station Planning
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Aotea station interior concept
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Aotea station entrance concept
Karangahape Road Station - concept Innovation: Integrated Station Planning
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Newton Station - concept Innovation: Integrated Station Planning
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Construction methods
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Sustainability Transport is a major contributor to total air pollution and Auckland’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions
The CRL: • Supports the development of a quality compact Auckland through sustainable transport choices • Mitigates the effects of climate change through future spatial form • Promotes health and lifestyle benefits
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Comparative projects
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Motunui $4b Clyde Dam $2.5b
Glenbrook $4b Waterview $1.4b
Scale and complexity Disciplines • Civil • Structural • Geotechnical • Traffic • Architectural • Urban design • Electrical and mechanical
Procurement • Market appetite • Technical difficulty • Skills shortage • KiwiRail access and operation • Cost/competition • Site constraints (CBD) • Bid costs
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City Centre – interrelated activity
Quay Street Upgrade and sea wall repair Waterfront development Downtown Bus Interchange Fanshawe/Customs St bus prioritisation Wellesley Street Bus Interchange Victoria Linear Park
Adjacent commercial developments: New Zealand International Convention Centre (2015)* NDG Auckland Centre - Elliot St (2016)* Downtown Shopping Centre development (2016)*
Upcoming events: World Masters Games (2017)
* Proposed construction start date
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Downtown redevelopment
Next steps 2014 NoR appeals Continuing community and iwi engagement Property purchase continues More detailed design
2015+ Design ready for tender Regional consents and possible enabling works Tender/construction
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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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Cost summary
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Cost breakdown
Benefits - northern area •
Reduces bus load from south and west on city arterials such as Fanshawe Street freeing them for North Shore buses/cars to complement Northern Busway investment
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Faster more frequent PT services free up road capacity for car dependent trips - potential to reduce load on key arterials
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Greater access to employment opportunities
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Faster access from Downtown ferry to other parts of city and wider areas with much more of city within 30 minutes travel
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More use of rail in the south and west allows buses to be reallocated to those area served exclusively by bus
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Much more of the city within 30 minutes travel providing greater access to employment opportunities Enhances investment in station improvements and suburban centres with land values and development opportunities likely to increase around stations with improved accessibility More of the city within walking distance of a station Faster more frequent PT services with increased rail feeder buses freeing up city centre arterial bus services New North, Dominion Road etc. Faster, more frequent and more reliable train services- a trip from Morningside to Aotea reduces from 40 to 14 minutes Frees up road capacity for car dependent trips - potential to reduce load on arterials Faster access from Downtown ferry to other parts of city and wider areas with improved rail, bus and ferry integration
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Benefits - western transport area •
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Faster more frequent trains to city - halves New Lynn to Aotea trip time, Henderson a third quicker and Swanson to Aotea at least 15 minutes faster Increased role for rail feeder buses means more buses available for improved local services and more high frequency B-line services Improved PT access and connections to city and wider destinations broadens employment options Potential increase in land values and development in New Lynn, Avondale and other centres with improved PT Supports role for Henderson as metropolitan centre allowing buses to be reallocated to provide better local services in north west growth area More integrated train network means more focus on longer haul trips so buses can provide better local services and simpler high frequency bus routes on major corridors PT as a more accessible, attractive option frees road space for other vehicles
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Benefits - southern transport area • •
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Faster and more reliable travel times- Papakura/ Middlemore/Otahuhu to Aotea – at least 10 minutes faster Complements AMETI busway from Botany to new Panmure Station to provide high quality rail interchange with 25 minute trip to Aotea Station and a real alternative to driving Access to more destinations and more of the city within walking distance of a station increasing employment options Greater integration with bus services at key interchanges providing better access to non-rail destinations such as Airport and MIT/Otara campus Land values/attractiveness likely to increase around areas within PT commuting range such as Pukekohe/Howick Supports investment in town centresPapatoetoe/Papakura More connectivity within individual board areas
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