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The Ellerslie Residents Association is pleased to announce our latest e-waste collection!

This enables residents of Ellerslie to drop off unwanted e-waste for recycling – totally free!

Thanks so much to the Ōrākei Local Board for funding the event, Computer Recycling for running it, and to the Ellerslie Racecourse for hosting it. What a great community partnership this is, and we’re so glad to be a small part of it!

On the day, drive into the Racecourse carpark from either the Ascot Ave (Remuera side) or Mitchelson Street (Ellerslie side) entrances. You won’t miss the big green Computer Recycling logo signs and their trucks ready and waiting for you.

They take most electronic waste for recycling – please see the flyer below or the CR website for details.

The last two times have seen an amazing turnout from residents of Ellerslie. Let’s show Auckland we’re still great recyclers!

See the event flyer for more details: CR E-Day Flyer ELLERSLIE November 20th

Auckland Council currently has two contradictory consultations out regarding heritage protection for the Hewson/Cawley/Findlay Streets block.

If you wish for the heritage buildings in this area to be further protected from intensive development in future, you are encouraged to make a submission on these two Unitary Plan changes as per the document linked below. Submissions close on 29 September 2022!

Hewson-Cawley-Findlay_heritage_protection

As previously announced on Facebook, the ERA is proud to again be holding a mayoral candidate forum this year.

The forum is being held on Monday, June 27 at the Ellerslie War Memorial Hall.
Doors open at 7PM, the public meeting begins at 7.30PM, and finishes by 9PM.

The final attendee list is (in alphabetical order) as follows:

Viv Beck
Wayne Brown
Efeso Collins
Craig Lord
Leo Molloy

for a total of five candidates.

We plan for the meeting to have three main parts:

1. Each candidate will have 3 minutes for an uninterrupted self-introduction
2. The ERA will put three questions to the candidates on behalf of residents, which each candidate will have one minute to answer
   1. Tell us what you know about Ellerslie and how you will help make it Auckland’s most liveable suburb
   2. What do you intend to do about safety of movement?
      • The Council wants more people to use public transport, walk and cycle, but the built environment of Ellerslie and other suburbs do not enable safe access to bus stops, town centres and schools. For example, overall safety of lighting, footpaths, pedestrian crossings and cycleways is low.

• Intensification is happening, and many young families are moving into Ellerslie (for example, the Ellerslie School roll is growing fast). How do you plan to improve community facilities to encourage engagement of people in their local community, especially young people?

3. Candidates take questions from the floor
   • Each candidate will have one minute to answer
   • Residents may direct a question to a particular candidate, but all candidates will have the chance to answer

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Attached is the promotional poster for the event.

The Ellerslie Residents Association is happy to announce our second e-waste collection event!

And just like the first one last year, this one is FREE for Ellerslie residents.

The event is on March 12, from 9AM to 3PM at the Ellerslie Racecourse carpark. (Drive in via Ascot Ave or Mitchelson Street).

Thanks to funding from the Ōrākei Local Board, you can drop off your unwanted electronic waste for FREE. No disposal charges!

Huge thanks also to Computer Recycling for running the event and to Ellerslie Race Course for hosting it!

At the recent Neighbour’s Day in the Ellerslie town square on 18 March 2021, the ERA presented some of its ideas to make Ellerslie – even more so – Auckland’s most livable suburb. Please check out the file below are give us your thoughts. And join us by following us at https://www.facebook.com/EllerslieResidentsAssociation !

ERA Neighbour’s Day 18 March 2021 PPT_final

Here is the submission made by the ERA on behalf of Ellerslie residents to Auckland Transport for its Regional Land Transport Plan consultation.

Thanks to all residents who contributed to it, and please feel free to refer to it in making your submissions.

ERA submission on Regional Land Transport Plan

Here is the submission made by the ERA on behalf of Ellerslie residents to the Auckland Council for its 10-year Budget 2021-2031 (long-term plan) consultation.

ERA submission to Council Recovery Budget

The ERA is very pleased to announce that, in partnership with Computer Recycling and with gratefully received support from the Ōrākei Local Board,  it will be holding an e-waste collection day on Saturday 17th April at the Ellerslie Racecourse carpark.

Better still, funding from the Board means that items which would usually attract a fee to recycle will be free for Ellerslie residents!

Please see the flyer below for more information, or check out the Computer Recycling website.

CR E-Day Flyer ELLERSLIE_final

Changes to Ellerslie parking have been recommended by Auckland Transport’s Parking Design office.

Their analysis of parking close to the Ellerslie town centre is available below.

It comes up with recommendations, which start off like this:

AT Parking Strategy parking intervention trigger point recommend review of parking management regime if the average occupancy for on-street parking regularly exceeds 85% during the four busiest hours in a day.

According to the parking survey, the average peak occupancy on most of the streets within the study area is well over 85% on regular basis and majority of the parked vehicles are staying for longer time period. Continue reading “Ellerslie’s parking has been studied”