The Herald reports on the progress of the new tram tracks begin laid at what will be the new Wynyard Quarter. Trams are expected to run on Auckland’s waterfront by August in an $8 million project which saw the first modest section of tracks laid this week. As well as […]
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A Beehive media release has announced: Transport Minister Steven Joyce has asked officials from the Ministry of Transport, the Treasury and the NZ Transport Agency to work with Auckland Transport, Auckland Council and other agencies to review the business case for a CBD rail link ahead of any further discussions […]
Steven Joyce responded to my article in the Sunday Star Times last week, as well as Rod Oram’s: Rod Oram’s second opinion piece on Auckland transport issues contains a further significant factual error, which results in him again overstating his case. It is simply incorrect to say that the proposed […]
Martin Gummer was chief executive of Transfund NZ from 1997 to 2002, and chief executive of ARTNL (the Auckland Regional Transport Network Ltd) from 2002 – 2004. Transport officials, past or present, almost never speak out on transport issues, so it is particularly courageous of Martin to do so in […]
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 […]
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 NZ Herald covers the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, which hopefully is just days away. As the Super City’s mayoral combatants argue over timing for trains to the airport, officials are planning a major study before securing land designations for a $1.5 billion rail loop. Six organisations including […]