Both Brian Rudman and, perhaps surprisingly, Jeremy Sole of the New Zealand Contractors Federation are waking up to the radical changes proposed for changes to national land transport funding. Rudman: As Auckland Regional Transport Authority chairman Mark Ford noted, “to put it simply, where there has been investment, there has […]
Monthly Archives: May 2009
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Come to the official launch of the Campaign for Better Transport “Action Stations” campaign. When: Wednesday 20th May, 2009, 7:30am Where: Mt Albert Railway Station entrance Who: CBT representatives will introduce the campaign, but this is also your chance to meet the candidates for the upcoming Mt Albert by-election. Action […]
Responding to NZTA CEO Geoff Dangerfield’s fuddy-duddy response to the May 24th protest, Bevan Woodward tells it like it is: It’s not just about the cycleway. I’ve been campaigning for walking and cycling access on the Auckland Harbour Bridge for more than 10 years. During that time the NZ Transport […]
Well done to the CBT’s Jon Reeves, ably assisted by Barry Palmer and Ross Galloway: Leading rail industry consultants have added weight to a campaign to run a commuter train between Hamilton and Auckland, saying economic benefits would “comfortably” exceed operating losses. They predict $15.5 million over 15 years in […]
Steven Joyce really is beginning to annoy me as Transport Minister. Not only has he trodden all over the people of Mt Albert and Waterview, in deciding to can the Waterview tunnel, but he lives in a bizarre dreamland where he thinks that funding for future transport projects should be […]
The Herald reports that the Government has canned the Waterview tunnel, but hasn’t announced what it will be replaced with just yet. The Transport Agency is expected to make a decision today. The maximum budget for the project will be $1.4bn. Act MP John Boscawen thinks the whole thing can […]
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Let’s just say Auckland had $2.2 billion to spend on transportation. This money is from a crown grant rather than from petrol taxes, so there’s no real bias from the school of thought that petrol tax money should be spent on roads. Therefore, all different types of transport projects could […]