Why not to gift land...

Re: New tertiary campus in Tauranga CBD. Is this a good thing or is this a bad thing?
Hmmm...First off students don't have much cash to splash so they won't be helping the CBD businesses.

Will the building have its own parking floors, which to be fair it will have to have?

Further, how can a council with a huge debt afford to give land away worth millions when they grubbily collect parking fees.

If the Tauranga City Council can support such largesse then surely they can do away with parking fees?

This is the same council that wanted to tear a few more dollars away from ratepayers five years ago by wanting to charge ratepayers for library books.

Councils have to stop giving money or land away without asking the ratepayers is it okay They should really not be giving any money or land away, but rather be giving interest free loans so we at least eventually get the money back. This building may well cause chaos in the CBD with excessive traffic, with absolutely no benefit to ratepayers at all. Where does this council get off taking the place of central government in providing land for educational purposes.

A Bourne, Bethlehem.

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Good comments

Posted on 30-06-2015 23:54 | By astex

the land could have been supplied on a free lease term with ratepayers keeping the asset. Also this will have a huge affect on rents as there will be a very high demand from students for accomodation. Then we have hundreds (even thousands) of students heading to the town center each day adding to the already stretched roading systems, car parking etc.


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