Albert-Eden Local Board chair Peter Haynes says the interchange is a waste of space which could be used for housing developments.

Dozens of houses were removed decades ago to make way for a complex flyover curving above a central Auckland intersection.

Now there is a push to remove the Dominion Rd interchange to free the land for housing developments.

The interchange was built in the mid-1960s in anticipation for a new motorway running alongside Dominion Rd towards Mt Roskill.

SUPPLIED The Dominion Road flyover was completed in 1967.

But plans to build the motorway were cancelled shortly after the interchange was built, making it redundant.

"There is no reason for it to be there at the moment," Albert-Eden Local Board chair Peter Haynes says.

"Some could say that it cuts the trip to Upper Queen St by a couple of minutes but would you build an interchange for that?"

SUPPLIED Houses around Dominion Rd and New North Rd were demolished to make way for the interchange.

The local board and Auckland Council are pushing a proposal to remove the interchange to free about three hectares of land for housing developments.

Board member Graeme Easte says the idea is to take away the grade separation and replace it with traffic lights.

It is estimated the removal of the flyover will cost around $20 million, Easte says.

SUPPLIED The intersection at Dominion and View Roads, prior to the construction interchange in January 1964.

"The project will pay for itself because it would free up land that could be potentially used for apartment buildings."

The Albert-Eden Local Board is organising an exhibition on the cancelled Dominion Rd motorway as part of the Auckland Heritage Festival which opens in September.

Maps, photos and plans have been collected, but Haynes says the board wants to add an oral history.

He says they would like to hear from residents whose house or shop was demolished along Dominion and New North Roads.

"We want people talking about having their house taken away for an interchange that never has had its intended use."

The exhibit will also run alongside another local board display on trams in Albert-Eden.

The board is advocating for plans to build light rail down Dominion, Mt Eden, Sandringham and Manukau Roads.

"Trams, not motorways, are the only long-term solution to our problems with arterials in Albert-Eden," Haynes says.

Contact 623 6090 if you can help with an oral history of the Dominion Rd interchange.