In a Herald article last Friday, Transport Minister Steven Joyce came out with the following straw man argument: “I don’t think anyone would buy the suggestion that that very, very expensive project should just be paid for by road users,” he said. In response, Transport Minister Steven Joyce is right, but no-one is […]
Len Brown
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Graeme Easte sums up the rail funding issue for Auckland in a letter to the Herald last Thursday: Len Brown is being attacked for seeking billions from the Government to fund major rail projects for Auckland. But this is a category mistake: the real issue is not about seeking substantial […]
Concerned at the complete lack of progress in designating a rail corridor from Onehunga to Auckland Airport and continuing back to Wiri, the CBT wrote to Mayor Len Brown suggesting Manukau City start to look into it. Mayor Brown has responded, indicating that a Memorandum of Understanding is being prepared […]
The New Zealand Herald reports Transport Minister Steven Joyce is “worried” that the Super City mayoral contenders – John Banks and Len Brown – are too ambitious for further investment in rail beyond the $1 billion electrification project: Transport Minister Steven Joyce is trying to dampen early hopes for airport […]