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 […]
Puhoi To Wellsford
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Discussion last week focussed on Len Brown apparently thowing away a valuable point of negotiation in the fight for rail funding, little has been said on the comments of PM John Key. John Key is being disingenuous when he claims the Puhoi to Wellsford motorway “was something National campaigned on”. […]
Outgoing ARC Transport Chair Christine Rose sent a thank you letter for our presentation on a cost effective alternative to the proposed toll road between Puhoi and Wellsford. Enclosed with her letter was a the response from Transport Minister Steven Joyce. He makes the startling claim that: While upgrading an […]
Media Release from The Campaign for Better Transport The Campaign for Better Transport has proposed alternative options for a $1.7bn toll road between Puhoi and Wellsford to the Auckland Regional Council. “The options we have put forward are far more cost effective, will save lives, and can be implemented far sooner […]
Yesterday the Campaign for Better Transport presented to the ARC our alternative options for the current “holiday highway” motorway proposal: Based on current trends, up to 50 more people could die on this dangerous stretch of road by the time the $1.5+bn motorway is completed The current motorway proposal will […]