CRL Progress – Sep-23
It’s been a while since we looked at the latest with the City Rail Link and there’s been some fantastic milestones recently.
To start with, and most recently, CRL have released an awesome video showing a full fly-through of one of the tunnels.…
32 Comments Weekly Roundup 8-September-2023
Welcome to Friday The week in Greater Auckland On Monday we ran a guest post from Malcolm McCracken about the Carrington (Unitec) Development.
On Wednesday Matt looked at the draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport, which is also effectively Labour’s election policy.…
Eastern Busway Stage 4 Consultation
Earlier this year, construction started on the second stage of the Eastern Busway, that will see it extended from Pakuranga to Botany. This will include the absurd Burswood deviation that was first revealed in late 2021.
That deviation was confirmed last year but the section between Burswood and Botany, also known as Stage 4, hasn’t been – though it was included in the material at the time.…
The Auckland Rapid Transit Plan
While plans for Auckland’s Rapid Transit Network have existed in various planning documents for a long time, the routes and modes that make up the RTN have evolved a number of times over the years. The current iteration is just over five years old and was a part of the second Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP) that was launched in April 2018. …
August-23 AT Board Meeting
It’s been a few months since the last AT board meeting but the next one is today – and there’s a lot on the agenda. So, here’s a look at some of the things that stand out Closed Agenda
AT have been moving a lot of items into the open session of their meeting which is great but there are still a few things in the closed session.…
Proper Northwest Rapid Transit On The Cards
Not including a rapid transit solution to the northwest while the motorway was being widened less than a decade ago, after we’d already seen the success of the Northern Busway, is arguably one of Auckland’s biggest transport mistakes. It’s certainly the most recent big one.…
Light Rail’s Latest Plans for Onehunga and Mangere Town Centre
A few months ago, Auckland Light Rail (ALR) consulted on how the project might pass through Onehunga and Mangere Town Centre – the former included an absurd proposal to use the Avondale Southdown heavy rail corridor. They released the results of the consultation back in June and they’ve now released their recommended options.…
August’s Important Regional Consultations
There are a few important consultations on at the moment that are worth highlighting as some close this week, including one today. Local Board Plans – feedback closing 4pm today
Auckland Council are consulting on three-year plans for each local board.…
The Opportunity Cost of Auckland’s “Big Digs”
On Monday, I posted about Labour’s harbour crossing boondoggle. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins called it a “bold” project, but really it represents a twenty year delay to building the rest of Auckland’s Rapid Transit Network.
I also noted on Monday that for the combined cost of the project and the City Centre to Mangere light rail project, you could build about 300km of surface-running light rail all over the region.…
Rail Safety and closing level crossings
It’s rail safety week – and as part of their latest safety campaign, Kiwirail have highlighted just how many collisions and near misses there are:
In the year to 30 June, 40 vehicles or people collided with trains across the national rail network and there were 305 near misses.…
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