Jeremy Greenbrook-Held
Future West candidate for the Henderson-Massey Local Board and the Lincoln Ward of the Waitakere Licensing Trust.
Jeremy Greenbrook-Held is a keen advocate of public transport – as a member of the Henderson Massey Local Board, Jeremy will be working to significantly improve public transport services in the West, particularly for residents in Te Atatu and Massey.
“Some West Auckland suburbs are well served by the western rail line, but if you live in suburbs around the motorway, services are not quite as good” says Jeremy. “For example, it takes between 15 minutes to half an hour to drive from our house in West Harbour to downtown Auckland, depending on traffic. However, if you catch a bus, it takes at least an hour. That’s insane”.
“With significant improvements in the pipeline for the North Western Motorway and the completion of the Hobsonville Deviation nearing, there has never been a better time to build dedicated bus lanes out West. Dedicated bus lanes have been operating on the Northern Motorway from the Harbour Bridge to Albany on the North Shore for several years now. A similar service would be even more successful on the North Western Motorway, because we don’t have the limitations of the Harbour Bridge that our friends on the North Shore have to contend with.”
Jeremy is also keen on using the Waitamata Harbour as a transport route: “The current West Harbour ferry service is a joke. $12 each way isn’t viable for many commuters. I’d like to see a cheaper service which could potentially call at Te Atatu North and Hobsonville in the future. I’d – for one – much rather catch a ferry to Auckland than sit in traffic.”
About Jeremy Greenbrook-Held
Jeremy is a proud West Aucklander. He grew up in Helensville, where he attended Kaipara College, before moving to Wellington to study. He now lives in West Harbour with his wife, Phoebe. Jeremy and Phoebe are both involved in Waitakere Neighbourhood Support.
Jeremy is a Manager in Student Affairs at the Manukau Institute of Technology. He holds a Masters of Science with First Class Honours in Statistical and Demographic Geography from Victoria Univeristy, where he was elected Student President in 2005.
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