The ARC feels insufficient information has been provided to properly assess the Waterview motorway link and it still prefers the option of a longer link through Rosebank Rd. The Herald reports: Auckland Regional Council’s transport committee has withheld support for the latest cut-down version of a motorway through Waterview involving […]
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Steven Joyce says owners of diesel cars can expect to pay more in the future under changes to the current road user charges system. Refer to this article in the Herald. Steven Joyce also says that the government has decided not to replace the road user charges with a diesel […]
It has been an interesting year so far for Auckland’s public transport. Probably the biggest story of the year so far was the cancellation of the Regional Petrol Tax back in March, which put most of the public transport improvements that we can expect in the next few years, into […]
The Herald reported yesterday: Work is finally starting on a $9 million railhead aimed at taking more shipping containers off Auckland’s congested roads. Transport Minister Steven Joyce jumped on a digging machine yesterday to turn the first sod in a joint project between KiwiRail and Ports of Auckland, beside the […]
Brian Rudman comments on the Minister of Transport’s decision to investigate a public private partnership for electrified trains, and finds that Sydney’s example may not be one to follow: That contract is running months behind deadline and the New South Wales Premier is very grumpy. The Sydney tender process proper […]
The Herald reports on the news that the Government is now investigating the possibility of a public private partnership for electric trains. The electrification of Auckland’s rail network could be delayed further after the Government announced it was investigating a different funding option to buy new trains, warns the head […]
Official Information Act Request Reveals Economic Assessment “Several Months” Away It was revealed today that the Government’s “Roads of National Significance”, which includes the latest Waterview motorway option along with six other motorway plans around the country, have yet to pass any economic assessment. In March of this year the […]
The Government has jumped the gun and confirmed the reallocation of $1bn in spending to motorways. The widely opposed change to transport funding over the next three years means that money will be taken from every other category and put on new and improved state highways. We’ll have a statement on […]