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A tribute to mum By COLLEEN SANDFORD
Caroline Sandford celebrating her 100th birthday with son Merv Sandford and Hancock's Veng Taing.
Times photo Wayne Martin
Mum was born Caroline Harper Cox in Auckland, New Zealand on 19 October 1918. In her later years Mum marvelled that she was actually alive during World War 1 – well, just! She was only 23 days old when New Zealanders celebrated the end of the war to end all wars. It was not known then that as a young woman Mum would live through another World war just as terrifying – World War II. Mum’s father was employed by New Zealand Railways and was posted to Whangarei. She remembers as a very little girl being quite upset about something, so she went out into the back yard and kicked anything she could find to vent her frustration. To her huge embarrassment, when she looked up, there was a neighbour laughing heartily at her. Mum assures me this was her first and last outburst. I can vouch for this and remember Mum as being slow to anger. ➤ Turn to Page 5
AMETI busway ramps up
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he countdown to the second largest transport construction project in Auckland takes a major step forward this week with demolition underway. Work began this week to remove 61 Auckland Council owned properties along the Panmure to Pakuranga stage of the AMETI Eastern Busway route. The removal of properties on the northern side of Lagoon Drive and Pakuranga Road will finish by early 2019 to enable the main construction phase to start in March/April 2019. Mayor Phil Goff says, “AMETI is a priority transport project in Auck-
land. It will bring high frequency public transport to east Auckland along with significantly improved facilities for motorists and safer, faster connections for cyclists. “Our teams are working at pace to start construction early next year and bring high frequency public transport to the fast-growing region of East Auckland. “AMETI will better connect east Auckland with our transport network, unlocking housing development opportunities and boosting the local economy,” says Goff. The construction phase will take approximately two-years to
widen parts of Lagoon Drive and Pakuranga Road to create a dedicated, congestion-free busway, that will provide a similar style of service to the Northern Busway. It will also involve transforming Panmure Roundabout into a safer signalised intersection, creation of new cycle and walking paths, improvements to public spaces and reserves, a second bridge across Tamaki River and several intersection upgrades. When the $1.4 billion busway is fully operational, customers will be able to travel between Botany and Britomart, by bus and train, in less than 40 minutes.
Fencing has been installed around the first properties to be removed at the corner of Pakuranga Road and Ti Rakau Drive and security and safety measures have been put in place to secure the other properties while the demolition work progresses. Auckland Transport and Panuku have been working closely with social and housing organisations to ensure a smooth transition for tenants of these properties and neighbouring residents, says Auckland Transport (AT) spokesperson Matt Poland. The removal of properties may generate some noise and dust and
allowances have been made with the contractor to minimise this as much as possible, he says. Auckland Transport project director, Duncan Humphrey says this work will significantly increase the visibly of the project for those who live, work and travel through this area “While this progress is exciting and will result in vastly improved travel choices, journey times and reliability for east Aucklanders, we appreciate that there will be inconveniences and disruption caused by the removal of properties and imminent construction. ➤ Turn to Page 5
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