The disestablishment of the Ministry of Transport’s work on the Auckland Light Rail project will likely cost millions of dollars spent over six months and
Terrible both in scraping the project and how nothing has been done for a quarter billion
I would love NZ to invest in long term infrastructure projects. These proposals seem crazy now in hindsight, but I feel it’s only because to truely do something like this you probably need support across the aisle.
In hindsight, it seems obvious that they should have done what someone else suggested, lay rail over existing roads then move sections underground over time.
Isn’t the whole advantage of light rail that you can run it along surface streets?
This is reminiscent of the the harbour cycle bridge, just a ridiculous, over the top proposal that was in no way cost effective.
I think really annoys me the number of opportunities the Ardern government missed, both in Auckland and Wellington.
The harbour cycle bridge is justifiable if they also spent the same amount again on a network for the rest of Auckland.
I would love NZ to invest in long term infrastructure projects. These proposals seem crazy now in hindsight, but I feel it’s only because to truely do something like this you probably need support across the aisle.
In hindsight, it seems obvious that they should have done what someone else suggested, lay rail over existing roads then move sections underground over time.