Other big projects due to start soon include the 30-level office block and hotel scheme for 1 Mills Lane and Precinct's 36-level Downtown redevelopment. Photo / NZME.
Aucklanders are about to endure a "five-year nightmare", says Auckland Chamber of Commerce head Michael Barnett, as work starts on a raft of major jobs, including the New Zealand International Convention Centre.
Mr Barnett welcomed the centre's resource consent on Friday but expressed fears about the impact of so much
demolition and construction on businesses, city residents, workers and visitors.
"It will be very disruptive. It's going to be a nightmare from a business perspective," Mr Barnett said.
"People have got to get to work and what's the plan? Bus routes will change, couriers getting into buildings, people getting to work?"
Projects include the convention centre across almost an entire city block, $2.4 billion City Rail Link stretching from Britomart to Mt Eden and the 52-level apartment/hotel NDG Tower, set to be Auckland's tallest skyscraper after the Sky Tower.
