Just about everyone in Waikanae knows or should know about the massive Maypole company developments in the north-west side of the ‘Ewy’ in the beach zone.

From the time that the local papers reproduced the company’s press release in late 2014 we were concerned about the impact of it on Waikanae — about 2,000 extra population in the beach zone which only has 3,000 people now, major traffic congestion around the Te Moana Road interchange — and a general lack of infrastructure in Waikanae to cope with population increases of this magnitude.  Even Michael Scott expressed concern about it at a by-election candidates meeting in 2015.

Developer taxes are there to ensure that the developers pay their fair share of these infrastructure works — street widths and strengths, car parking, potable water and waste water, sewerage, power cables street lighting — etc.

But for Thursday’s council meeting the agenda put…