Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has weighed into another high-profile planning proposal for Auckland, describing a bid for a car park on Bledisloe Wharf as "mind boggling" in its lack of vision.
Clark took to Twitter last night to let her 185,000 followers know of her distaste for a five storey car park scheduled to be erected by the Ports of Auckland (POAL) in 2019.
"What city with a vision for its waterfront would want a car park occupying prime land on it! Whatever one thinks of the stadium proposal, the Ports of #Auckland proposal for constructing a permanent car park on Bledisloe Wharf is mind boggling. #AucklandCanDoBetter @simonbwilson" Clark wrote at 11.14pm yesterday.
The tweet was in response to an article by Herald journalist Simon Wilson that revealed the 17 metre "car-handling" facility was included in POAL's "30-year masterplan", and would essentially scrap any possible Auckland harbour-side stadium.