stephen July 10th, 2011
STEPS hosted a walk through the new plantings with Mayor Len Brown on Saturday 11th June.
The Mayor displayed a keen interest in both the fundamental sewerage and stormwater issues underlying many of the problems of the upper Meola Creek; and in the recent plantings and boardwalk which fit closely with the vision for “green fingers” extending inland from Watemata and Manukau Harbours.
STEPS’ vision for a walkway from our maunga at Owairaka to Te Tokaroa/ Meola Reef on the Waitemata Harbour fits well with this vision and the Local Board Chair and members who accompanied the Mayor extended an invitation to STEPS to review our portfolio of planned projects with them.
The Mayor has met with Watercare Services regarding dates for the new Central Interceptor project, and he is now planning to meet with the local business community regarding support for Meola Creek on 9 August 2011.
We thank the Mayor for his time and support for this important Auckland stream and ecological area.
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Tags: aquifer, auckland city, Auckland Council, Len Brown, Meola Creek, Roy Clements Treeway, STEPS
stephen May 6th, 2011
STEPS is a voluntary organisation and most of our work is done in the Mt Albert and Sandringham areas in Auckland. We can make a lot more progress if we have new members, new supporters or volunteers who can help us with legal and planning issues, planting, weeding etc.
At this time we have been advised that the Mt.Albert Residents Assoc. (MARA) Community Patrols are now operating, and Fergusson Ave down to Kerr Taylor Reserve is now included in the Friday night patrols.
Are there any STEPS members or volunteers who might be interested in joining these community patrols? We need more patrollers so we can operate 2 nights (Fri & Sat nights) without it being a burden on anyone. For everyone to have only one patrol per month, we need to increase our 15 patrollers to 30. We patrol 10.00pm to 2.00am with a break at midnight.Please contact us if you are able to help MARA.
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stephen May 6th, 2011
The long awaited Watercourse Management Plan for Meola Creek is now available.
which includes an
excellent map, a birds-eye view, showing Meola Creek including the piped sections.
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