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ROAD TO NOWHERE Questions are being asked as to why large concrete blocks are impeding vehicle access between a growing residential community and an east Auckland shopping precinct.
By CHRIS HARROWELL
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he blocks are located at the entrance to Bellingham Road, off Stancombe Road in Flat Bush. While they allow pedestrian and bicycle access, they’re stopping vehicles from traveling between
Stancombe Road and the Ormiston Town Centre located at the other end of Bellingham Road. Local resident, justice of the peace and marriage celebrant Raji Singh contacted Auckland mayor Wayne Brown, Auckland Council and the Howick Local Board on June 7 to say Bellingham Road
is completed and it isn’t easy to understand why it’s still closed. Singh told the Times he has a friend with a business at Ormiston Town Centre and they’re unhappy with the situation as “they’re losing business”. “This is already built and working fine, and people can go
through, so why do they make the businesses suffer? “It will make it so much easier for residents to go to the town centre. They can just drive across and pick up their groceries rather than clogging up other roads.” He’s also concerned about > Continued on page 3
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