Last week SST columnist Rod Oram wrote an excellent piece on the economic folly of the Government’s Roads of National Significance. It was well researched and argued, and supported by a number of statistics. Today, Minister of Transport Steven Joyce has responded. In contrast this opinion piece is completely devoid […]
Monthly Archives: November 2010
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Stuff reports : Auckland Mayor Len Brown says a report on a proposed $2 billion rail tunnel through central Auckland shows the business case for it is “compelling”. The tunnel, which would link Britomart with Mt Eden station and create an inner-city rail loop, was one of Mr Brown’s primary […]
In the Sunday Star Times today, Rod Oram exposes the extreme lengths that the Government is prepared to go to to bolster the case for the hugely uneconomic Puhoi to Wellsford toll road. THE GOVERNMENT told owners of 55 properties last week that their homes or other buildings could be […]
Surely the Onion has to be right up there as one of the best satirical news channels there is: Obama Replaces Costly High-Speed Rail Plan With High-Speed Bus Plan
The NZTA has announced an indicative alignment for the Puhoi to Warkworth section of the holiday highway: The proposed highway is part of the Puhoi to Wellsford road of national significance which will provide better access and route security on State Highway 1 between Auckland and Northland. The indicative Puhoi […]
Josh Arbury has done a post on Len Brown’s rail plans. It includes a picture of the underground rail loop and it got me thinking about the optimal way to utilise the new tunnel for the Western, Southern and Eastern Lines. Imagine a Southern line commuter getting on at Greenlane […]
The Weekend Herald’s letter of the week is from Frank Hoffmann, and it sums up the current situation on transport funding: Transport Minister Steven Joyce should remember his Government has usurped Auckland’s planned method of funding transport. A surcharge on motor fuel was designed to make the road-user contribute a […]
There have been a couple of stories this week in the Herald. The first one talks about Transport Minister Steven Joyce claiming there is a “funding gap” for rail operational costs. The second is a response from Auckland Councillor Mike Lee claiming Steven Joyce is trying to stymie Mayor Brown’s […]