For and against the eastern highway

FOR THE HIGHWAY

* We have no alternative but to use rubber tyres to move around this city.

- John Hynds, transport businessman

* It provides the flexibility business needs, small and big. I urge completion of a decent motorway system, including the eastern corridor.

- Paul Shanahan, North Shore businessman

* We don't need a gold-plated transport corridor.

- Alasdair Thompson, Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern)

* The toothpaste you used this morning did not appear on the supermarket shelf by magic. It probably had at least three truck trips to get there.

- Graham MacKinnon, Northern Regional Road Transport Association

* This corridor can be a beautiful thoroughfare for our city.

- Toni Millar, Eastern Bays Community Board

AGAINST

* Be strong for our city and our children's children. Oppose this motorway madness, this corridor of shame.

- Christine Caughey, Hobson Bay Residents' Network

* The eastern suburbs of Auckland City will be the greatest losers, with increased pollution in air and waterways and ultimately increased congestion.

- John Craig, professor of environmental management, Auckland University

* It is of national importance to save Judges Bay, Hobson Bay from further environmental damage.

- Rendell McIntosh, Parnell Community Committee

* Somewhere in the fog of the eastern highway brainlessness, the sheer stupidity of the plan must be registered permanently.

- Coralie van Camp, Remuera resident

* All the way through it has been obvious that the planning team and their consultants have had closed minds and only want to know about roading solutions.

- Graham Easte, Western Bays Community Board