CRL’s COVID Cost Change
For some time now we’ve known that the cost and completion timeframe for the City Rail Link would increase. Yesterday we finally learned by just how much.
Costs
City Rail Link Ltd (CRL Ltd) today confirms it has submitted a formal funding request to its Sponsors – the Crown and Auckland Council – reflecting revised costs and time required to complete the project as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, lockdowns and associated impacts.…
128 Comments Government speeds away from the evidence
Yesterday we covered the government’s latest policy/delivery changes with a focus on light rail. But there was another important transport part of the announcement: The government will also intends to scale back its road safety plans.
The programmes that are being reprioritised include: Significantly narrowing the speed reduction programme to focus on the most dangerous one per cent of state highways, and ensuring Waka Kotahi are consulting meaningfully with affected communities.…
Is Auckland Light Rail getting even more off-track?
Yesterday the Prime Minister laid out the next tranche of plans to scale back the ambition of Labour’s policy/delivery programme – and this time the Auckland light rail project gets a mention.
“I can also confirm today that we will roll out transport projects in Auckland in stages.…
Weekly Roundup 10-March-2023
Tēnā koutou, everyone – hope your week has been a good one. This Week in Greater Auckland
A busy week in the blog mines for Matt in particular. Just a reminder that we always welcome guest posts (and reposts) on topics relevant to the field of urbanism and the future of Tāmaki Makaurau in particular.…
CRL progress – Mar-23
It’s been a while since we took a look at the City Rail Link and they’ve been putting out some pretty interesting images, videos and information on their social media channels recently so here are some of the best ones.
Yesterday CRL released this video of a drone flying through the Te Waihorotiu station.…
Flashback Wednesday: Where do we put our fury and our grief?
This post was originally written almost exactly a year ago by several Greater Auckland writers, with a contribution from Jon Turner, the deputy chair of the Puketāpapa Local Board. We still often think of Levi James and his family, and how they were failed by Auckland Transport.…
Who doesn’t want to build back better?
At a time when the need to address climate change is becoming more evident than ever before, it’s astounding that Labour seem to be running scared of addressing it.
Last week we covered the government’s indicative priorities for their next Government Policy Statement (GPS).…
Submit on the Upper Harbour Cycleway Redesign
Over the last six months or so we’ve written a number of times about Upper Harbour Dr and the saga that erupted about it after Auckland Transport moved to improve the safety of the existing cycle lanes as part of a programme to add protection to 60km of existing painted cycle lanes across the region.…
Weekly Roundup 03-March-2023
Tēnā koutou. It’s MARCH!! Thanks for stopping by, summer, you were… chaotic.
Header image: the bicycle club of the Holy Sepulchre on Khyber Pass Road. Image via Twitter. The week in Greater Auckland
Tempted to rename this section ‘the week in Auckland Transport’ because our posts had a real AT focus this week – and a lot happened.…
Initial direction for the next Government Policy Statement released
A couple of weeks ago the Government quietly released what’s being called its ‘Indicative Priorities for GPS 2024‘. While this isn’t a full draft Government Policy Statement (GPS), it gives some initial guidance around what the next GPS is likely to focus on.…
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