A hot local topic in Mt Roskill is the future of the Three Kings Quarry site.Tucked away beside 'The Big King' (which is the one remaining volcanic cone of the original 3 Kings that the suburb is named after) is the Winstone Aggregates quarry that has been operating since the early Twentieth Century.
For many years locals have been extremely concerned by the quarry's de-watering activities that it is believed may lead to subsidence and stability issues in the surrounding resedential area. City Vision Community Board member Corinne McLaren has been at the forefront of these issues as President of the Three Kings United group.
The good news is that it is now confirmed that the quarry will cease operations in the short-medium term. The big question is: what happens then?
City Vision is strongly of the view that the site should be developed as a major new multi-purpose park for the people of Auckland. With SH20 cutting across Mt Roskill and increasing population density it is critical that we develop quality open space for the community. City Vision Talk thinks that there are huge opportunities for an imaginative development that includes open parkland, regnerating native bush, and community facilities.
However Winstone Aggregates track recorcd of listening to the community is not good. There is a real concern that Winstones will try to make as much money as possible out of the site by selling it off to greedy developers to put up tacky commercial and resedential buildings.
City Vision candidates in Roskill have publicly pledged to campaign for the site to be developed as community open space.
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