As covered by the Waikato Times this morning, the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee will not be considering the CBT led petiti0n for a Hamilton to Auckland rail service.
The report is here, but petition is effectively dismissed in one sentence:
The majority of us note that this service has recently been considered by the relevant local authorities and they decided not to establish such a service at this time, and therefore we have no matters to bring to the attention of the House.
The problem for David Bennett though is that is manifestly not true. Cr Dave McPherson goes as far as calling it “complete crap” and that “Hamilton City Council has continued to support it and has not pulled its support”.
Environment Waikato is yet to meet with the NZTA to discuss the matter.
David Bennett is clearly wrong.
