Auckland Waterfront loses decontamination battle
LAURA WALTERS
Stuff - Business Day, 12/02/2014
Auckland Waterfront claimed its tenancy agreement with Mobil required the petroleum giant to leave the site clean, tidy and free from contamination.
However, a judgement delivered by the High Court at Auckland found Auckland Waterfront's claims to be "commercially unrealistic".
Part of the property Auckland Waterfront was redeveloping for mixed residential and commercial use was leased by Mobil from the 1920s until 2011, and was used to store petroleum.
The court said Mobil was entitled to a yet-undecided amount in costs after Auckland Waterfront's case "failed in its entirety".
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Rod John comments on FaceBook
Not a problem in (un) Clean Green Planet Key as Key has
already absolved the oil cos from and monitory or moral responsibility for
cleaning up the oil spill disasters they will cause by guaranteeing the New
Zealand taxpayer will foot the bill for the clean up; if it is even possible.
Auckland Waterfront claimed its tenancy agreement with Mobil required the petroleum giant to leave the site clean, tidy and free from contamination.
However, a judgement delivered by the High Court at Auckland found Auckland Waterfront's claims to be "commercially unrealistic".
"commercially unrealistic"! Please resume taking the pills!
How is this clean up that Mobil had guaranteed to carry out "commercially unrealistic" for them after they have made billions through the use of the leased oil storage facility and yet, as the land will have to be decontaminated, it is apparently commercially viable for Auckland Waterfront and the residents of Auckland?
Just a little glimpse of life in New Zealand if Key is allowed to put us in thrall of US corporations by signing the secretive TPPA.
Auckland Waterfront claimed its tenancy agreement with Mobil required the petroleum giant to leave the site clean, tidy and free from contamination.
However, a judgement delivered by the High Court at Auckland found Auckland Waterfront's claims to be "commercially unrealistic".
"commercially unrealistic"! Please resume taking the pills!
How is this clean up that Mobil had guaranteed to carry out "commercially unrealistic" for them after they have made billions through the use of the leased oil storage facility and yet, as the land will have to be decontaminated, it is apparently commercially viable for Auckland Waterfront and the residents of Auckland?
Just a little glimpse of life in New Zealand if Key is allowed to put us in thrall of US corporations by signing the secretive TPPA.
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