KAREN CHHOUR (ACT): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I have major concern about the quality and safety and value for money in Auckland Transport (AT) road renewal works in the Upper Harbour - Unsworth Heights area. This work is delivered by Auckland Transport and their contractors, funded partly by ratepayers and partly by taxpayers via the New Zealand Transport Agency. Many residents believe the work is simply not necessary, as the existing asphalt surface is fine. Twenty years ago, when the housing area was developed, the developers were required to lay asphalt, but now AT are laying chip seal in these very lovely residential areas. It appears the work is done to a very poor standard and is already failing in many locations. AT have failed to manage quality and safety and have not delivered value for money with these works. 