CRL Notice of Requirement recommended by commissioners
The CRL has been approved by the planning commissioners hearing the notice of requirement. I haven’t had a chance to look through the documents about the decision and won’t fit a little while yet so let me know if there’s anything interesting in them.
Auckland Transport has today welcomed a unanimous recommendation by independent planning commissioners that the land required to build, operate and maintain the City Rail Link (CRL) be set aside for the project.…
8 Comments More details on the Elliott Tower
Since it was announced just under two weeks ago there has been a lot of interest in the proposal to build a massive tower on the empty site that is bounded by Elliott St, Victoria St and Albert St yet there has been very few details released about the building.…
The Future of K Rd and Newton
Do you live near Karangahape Road or Newton or have a strong interest in the area? The local board are holding some ideas evenings to help come up with some plans for the two area which are likely to see significant change after the City Rail Link is built.…
Steven Joyce on the CRL in Parliament
Julie Anne Genter questioned Steven Joyce in Parliament today about the City Rail Link. Perhaps the most laughable comment is when Joyce claims they are speeding up the project, not slowing it down. If they were speeding it up then at the very least they would be looking to have it started at the same time the council is wanting for it to happen.…
Massive CBD tower announced
One of the reasons Lens suggestion of a $250 million kick start to the CRL is so interesting is that there are a heap of large private sector projects underway along the cut and cover portion of the route and it there is likely to be a lot of value working in with them as they are being built rather than waiting till they finish construction only to dig up the road in front of them for a few more years.…
Len trying to kick-start the CRL
News today that Len Brown is pushing for an earlier start on part of the CRL.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown is offering $250 million of the city’s money to kick-start the $2.86 billion underground rail project before the Government starts contributing.…
Photo of the day – Reflective
Once the CRL is built the Aotea station will be right under where this photo is taken from Photo is credited to oh.yes.melbourne…
2013: A year in review – Part 1
Over the next few days I’ll be doing a series of posts recapping the year before beginning the new year by looking at what we can expect in the year ahead. For me when it comes to transport, 2013 was always going to be a bit of an “in progress” year.…
New City Rail Link Video
We have been extremely critical of Auckland Transport for how they have undersold the City Rail Link to the general public through vague statements that suggest things like that services will actually be worse than they are now or will be with electrification.…
Project Auckland op-eds
The Herald today has a large amount of op-eds on what is being called Project Auckland which is looking at how Auckland is going to develop and as you would expect, housing and transport features very heavily. Op-eds include Len Brown: Down to business
Lester Levy: Single focus sets city on the road to success
Liam Dann: The stalemate is cracking at last
Tony Garnier: 2014 a pivotal year for Project Auckland
Package solution for transport projects
Kim Cambell: Business-friendly city a must for jobs
Michael Barnett: Auckland needs a team of champions
The debate over change
Matthew Heal: Lessons to be learned from London Olympics
Robert Jones: ‘One plan’ a mature approach
Mark Smith: Migrants find much to offer here
Housing partnerships provide golden opportunity Now I’m not going to comment on every single article but rather some of the general themes within them, although I will pick out a few individual comments that have annoyed me (as I seem to be in a grumpy mood today which is quite unusual).…
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