More BCG, Council and McDonalds documentation on the proposal.

Read the following council peer reviews and McDonald's responses. There is quite a lot of information to digest - and some of the files are large..

Letters of Support from Politicians:
Russell  Norman
David Shearer
Helen Clark
Phil Goff

The fruit and Veggie fiasco....
The Plan
Turned down....
The tricky move...

Review against the proposal...
Noise
Traffic (well here's a huge surprise.)
And more traffic (same conclusion.)
And yet more traffic (mmmm... same conclusion as the previous reports - what is it McDonald's don't get yet? (5.4 mb PDF!)

You tell me....
Urban design ("Applicant needs to investigate modifying current plan" - Yeah Right)

The following reviews supported McDonalds - the arborist review, soakage wastewater and water, silt and sediment and lighting (lots of changes suggested)

Photos of Balmoral area
Wiremu Street before McDonalds Ruin the character of our neighborhood Cut down the cherries....One of the busiest intersections in Auckland
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