Mayors’ extra rail plans worry minister
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...
View ArticleAirport Rail Loop Designation
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...
View ArticlePlenty of Money Available for Auckland Rail
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...
View ArticleAuckland Rail “Funding Gap”
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...
View ArticleCBD Tunnel “Compelling Case”
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...
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Auckland Rail Hits New Record
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...
View ArticleFunding Transport In Auckland
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...
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