Auckland weather

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Watercare's two-year haul to recover from the weather emergencies (Stuff.co.nz)

Auckland Council's water company is juggling immediate post-flood repairs and big ticket fixes.

* In weighing up repairs, Watercare said it would also need to decided what should be repaired as it was, and what should be improved or upgraded to make the network more resilient. The $250m early guess of the repair cost sounds major, but Watercare said it needed to be seen in the context of a 10-year asset plan of $13 billion. “If we were to rebuild, how do we increase height level (of equipment) again, is it the right set up, is it in the right location,” were all questions needing to be answered, said Suzanne Lucas the general manager of asset upgrades and renewals. [west coast beach community of Muriwai](https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/300810307/our-village-in-crisis-how-muriwai-came-together-after-its-worst-week), where two firefighters died in a landslide and many homes remain red-stickered, Watercare said land stability meant it may never be able to reach the site of its local water supply and treatment plant. [cost of repairs was $250 million](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/300823391/auckland-water-agency-estimates-price-tag-of-flood-damage-at-over-250m), but the company said that would depend on assessments still to be done, and be helped by an as-yet unquantified payout from insurance.

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It's Raining Congestion - Greater Auckland (Greater Auckland)

Yesterday afternoon it rained and traffic around the region ground to a halt, once again highlighting why it is so important that our city gets on with ...

[Big Street Bikers](https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/131558039/social-enterprise-bids-to-introduce-parking-for-500-ebikes-across-auckland), who in a very timely move, wrapped a smart message about one of the most obvious congestion solutions around today’s paper. Did this widely publicised lack of reliability and shortage of options mean there were even more cars in the city centre than a normal Tuesday evening? A lot of the issues with ‘gridlock’ events is that impatient drivers enter intersections when there isn’t space on the other side, resulting in them blocking intersections. Or to put it another way, most of the potential bus network is, currently, a ghost network. There were, unfortunately, many reports of large numbers of people left waiting at bus stops, highlighting that PT use is far from dead. Some of those roads have more than one lane, so in total there are just under 11,000 kilometers of lane in the urban area. Wonder what the real cause could be? Wonder what the real problem could be? [Integrated Corridor Programme](https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2018/11/20/ats-plan-to-turn-pt-up-a-notch/) and now goes by [Connected Communities](https://at.govt.nz/projects-roadworks/connected-communities/). Delays of up to 60-minutes are completely unacceptable – and for those stuck in it, extremely stressful and frustrating. But what AT can do – if they choose to – is give people viable and reliable congestion-free options. Heavy congestion is causing delays to bus services across much of Auckland.

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Auckland Transport blames bad weather for derailing bus services (RNZ)

Auckland Transport admits its bus services are not up to scratch, after gridlock on Tuesday caused massive delays for commuters heading home.

That is quite a lot of services that still operate," Koper said. "For a couple of years now we've been saying to Auckland Transport, local government, central government as well, that we have a bus driver shortage in the country for two reasons. Unfortunately, that means I'm late for work sometimes, which is a bit hard to tell the boss, how I'm late for work because of the bus. "On a typical week, on a typical day, on average, we have about 9 percent of our services cancelled. Sometimes it's not the best excuse." It's not too big of a deal.

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Auckland Transport blames bad weather for derailing bus services (RNZ)

'It's not good enough' - an admission from Auckland Transport that its service has been sub-standard. Gridlock across Auckland last night caused massive ...

That is quite a lot of services that still operate," Koper said. "For a couple of years now we've been saying to Auckland Transport, local government, central government as well, that we have a bus driver shortage in the country for two reasons. Unfortunately, that means I'm late for work sometimes, which is a bit hard to tell the boss, how I'm late for work because of the bus. "On a typical week, on a typical day, on average, we have about 9 percent of our services cancelled. Sometimes it's not the best excuse." It's not too big of a deal.

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