Auckland Regional Council
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The Auckland Regional Council (ARC) is one of the elected local government authorities of the Auckland Region. Its current chairman is Mike Lee.
Unlike the territorial authorities of Greater Auckland, it has an umbrella function covering all the various cities and districts making up the region, but its regulatory power and funding abilities are in turn restricted to several areas including public transport, environmental protection and regional parks. The ARC is an elected body, and collects its own rates, of which around half go to fund public transport via its ARTA subsidiary.[1] It was created in as the successor of the Auckland Regional Authority.
The ARC has been getting more involved in land use regulation, a move which has met with criticism from some politicians of the concerned Councils who normally regulate such matters.[2] This criticism surfaced especially during a short-lived 2006 debate on further integration of the Auckland area, where many of the proposals included a proposed abolishment of the ARC, or a changed, less independent role.[3]
[edit] Subsidiary entities
- Auckland Regional Holdings (ARH) (Holding entity, owner of Ports of Auckland and other assets)
- Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA) (responsible for funding and regulating Auckland public transport)
[edit] References
- ^ Public transport funding gap highlighted in ARC Draft LTCCP - ARC press release, Sunday 27 February 2005
- ^ John Law: Our mayors should anchor the ARC - New Zealand Herald, Monday 06 November 2006
- ^ Supersized rates bill for super city - New Zealand Herald, Saturday 09 September, 2006
[edit] External links
- Auckland Regional Council (official website)
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