April 24, 2020
devonportflagstaff.co.nz
Devonport writers contest... p2
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Who are we? Devonport under the spotlight… p8-10
Allen Hill upgrade cost shoots up to $4.5 million The cost of the Allen Hill soccer ground upgrade has skyrocketed to $4.6 million resulting in a shortfall of $2.5 million. It seems unless the revised budget is approved, work may not start in October 2020
as scheduled. The extent of the budget blowout was put to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board at its last closed workshop meeting prior to the lockdown. Auckland Council has confirmed designs
for the Allen Hill reserve upgrade are “nearly complete”, in time for the October start. The work should be finished by June 2021, Julie Pickering, Auckland Council Head of Operations – Community Facilities said. To page 2
This is the sound of the suburbs
Neighbours band together... music is flowing on Vauxhall Rd during the lockdown. Full story, page 3.
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