Last week’s opinion piece by Transport Minister Steven Joyce started out well enough. “Having the right transport infrastructure in place is an important part of the export job,” he stated. “We need to get our goods to market more effectively and efficiently, we need to cater for more tourists (who […]
Yearly Archives: 2010
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Yesterday Mayor Len Brown held a press conference at Britomart, with a “major announcement” for Auckland rail. It wasn’t quite the announcement I was hoping for – contract signed for electric trains or funding for the CBD rail tunnel sorted – but nonetheless, it is significant and it further strengthens […]
Writing in the Rodney Times, Warkworth resident Bob Scott has this to say on the Holiday Highway toll road: Your story on the front page of the Rodney Times of the Still family who are destined to have their dreams shattered by the motorway extension only tells a small part […]
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 […]
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 […]