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The Urban Design Forum, through co-chair Ekin Sakin, has expressed concern about plans announced by the National Party to build more houses on greenfield land.
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Forum co-chair Ekin Sakin said cities needed higher density housing around existing community services and transport corridors.
She said costs to build new infrastructure and maintain it increase when cities spread out. “It’s very hard to build new schools, new recreational centres, new cultural centres in communities with low density housing “.
Sakin said New Zealand’s population was not large enough and cities were not crowded enough to justify more greenfield building. “There might come a day where we do, but definitely not yet”.
