Media Release
1 December, 2006
Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey Involved in Hold Up
Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey might be totally opposed to Transit New Zealand’s proposal to toll the western ring road but
he has no problem with holding up cars in New Lynn for a good cause.
The mayor is taking part in the New Lynn Rotary Club’s Great Western Hold Up fundraising event this Saturday (December
2) from 9am – 10am.
Mayor Harvey and members of the club will be ‘persuading’ motorists stopped at intersections to donate money for use in
local community projects.
“My council is totally opposed to tolling the western ring road because it will condemn the city to ever worsening
traffic problems,” says Mayor Harvey.
“It works against the interests of our city, its business sector and its residents and we are tired of being
marginalised.
“However I am more than happy to revert back to our Wild West hold up mentality to ensure local community groups are
benefited. We look after our own here in the west.”
Over the past two years the New Lynn Rotary Club has donated more than $15,000 to charities as a direct result of the
Great Western Hold Up.
Local Waitakere MPs are expected to join the mayor in his fundraising efforts at the event tomorrow which runs from 9am
– noon.
ENDS