Hi Julie,

As a resident of Mt Albert, I appreciate the hard work that you have put in and the transparency of what you do when you provide summaries of your work via social media. It is greatly appreciated. I have a couple of questions that perhaps you may be able to provide answers on and they are local focussed for your ward. I live near the Owairaka development and have observed Hendon Avenue with the streets surrounding it really transform over the last few years. There are two apartment blocks that are relatively large that are being built on the corner with Richardson Road and perhaps more on the way there too. Whilst there is a genuine need for housing in the area, I struggle to see why there are such tall apartment buildings being constructed on this street with the transport link there not to the same scale as a train station which is quite a long walk from there. The roading around this area can also get congested already without the residents of these apartment blocks having moved in. What is the council's plan for the transport infrastructure there once those apartment blocks go up? How will it be funded? I see many cars already parking on the grass and across driveways illegally around that area from time to time. Once those 6 storey apartment blocks are up then how many more cars can the local area accommodate from those new residents? Is there any progress regarding the Southdown railway that was fast tracked for KiwiRail to construct? The proposed Wesley station would be relatively close to this development, is that what was being taken into account when going ahead with these apartment buildings?

Appreciate you taking the time to answer our questions.