SIGN THIS PETITION NOW TO STOP GOVERNMENT PLANS TO ‘FAST-TRACK’ A NEW MOTORWAY THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY 

The Government is considering plans to build a ‘high-capacity’ East-West motorway, linking the Southern Motorway (SH1) with the South West motorway (SH20).

This new road will be ‘fast-tracked’ to mainly cater for big trucks moving freight in containers. At least 2 of the options being considered would see a new four lane highway carved right through Mangere & Otahuhu & Wymondley, resulting in the destruction of hundreds of homes, the breaking up our community into disconnected segments, and increased traffic & pollution levels.

The ‘Respect Our Community’ Campaign (ROCC) was launched at a large public meeting in Mangere recently, to stop this motorway madness BEFORE a route is chosen.

We say: Stop destroying communities for unnecessary & costly motorways, instead:

 (1) Expand rail links for most freight,

 (2) encourage night-time trucking, &

 (3) seriously upgrade public transport, and cycling & walking facilities to un-clog our roads.

Please sign the petition now, & ask your family & neighbours to sign it too. Also: hard copies can be collected and dropped off it off at the:

Mangere East Community Learning Centre, 372 Massey Rd, (behind the library) before 15 November 2013.

OR post to: ROCC, PO Box 86022, Mangere East, Ak 2158.

LOOK OUT FOR OUR CAMPAIGN NEWSPAPER.

This petition will be presented to Mangere MP Su'a Willian Sio at 10am on Saturday 30 November 2013, at the Mangere East Xmas Festival, the Village Green (Next to the Library on Massey Rd).

Below is the NZTA map of just one of the 4 new motorway ‘options’ that are currently being considered:

(see more of the government’s 4 options at www.aucklandtransport.govt.nz or NZTA website)