Further thoughts on today’s CRL announcement
One gets the feeling that the government’s announcement today that they’ll fund half of the City Rail Link project (although construction only from 2020 onwards) occurred because opposing the project was no longer tenable: either in a practical sense (the weight of evidence produced by Council and Auckland Transport over the last couple of years) and a political sense – probably through polling but also the political pressure from Auckland business associations.…
125 Comments Govt to support CRL
Wow what a day (why do these days always happen when I’m busy with other stuff)
If you haven’t heard already, the government has announced that it will pay for half of the City Rail Link although it appears with a delay of 5 years. …
Interesting Submissions on the CRL designation
A couple of weeks ago I reported on the notice of requirement hearing report that had been prepared for the commissioners hearing the the designation applications but one think I was keen to see was the details of the individual submissions.…
AT starting to address our concerns about CRL comms
We have been fairly critical of the attempts at communication that Auckland Transport have done to date on the CRL. The biggest problem being that there they have been underselling the project with vague comments about the benefits while also not doing anything to address some of the common misconceptions about the project.…
CBT open letter to Gerry Brownlee about the CRL
In December last year the council released the City Centre Future Access Study (CCFAS) which looked at various options for moving more people in and around the city centre. Crucially this project also involved staff from various government agencies including the Ministry of Transport and it came to the conclusion that the City Rail Link was the best option.…
Arguments against the CRL never change
If your interested in history then a useful resource is Papers past which is part of the National Libraries. They describe it as;
Papers Past contains more than two million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals. The collection covers the years 1839 to 1945 and includes 77 publications from all regions of New Zealand.…
The convention centre and transport
The deal between the government and Sky City for a new convention centre has been announced this morning.
Details of the controversial SkyCity convention centre deal with the Government have been announced this morning – and the listed casino operator will pay $402m for the new centre.…
Gerry Brownlee interviewed about transport issues in Auckland
Campbell Live has been running a lot of stories on Auckland issues recently which has been nice to see and has obviously also provided us with a heap of material to talk about. Last night the entire episode was devoted to transport in Auckland.…
Misinformation continues about the CRL
Last week I wrote a post about how we need to stop underselling major PT projects like the CRL. I was – and still am – frustrated at the lack of useful information being put out by Auckland Transport that can be used to clearly show the benefits of them.…
Rodney Hide on the CRL
What is it about right wing politicians in this country and a seemingly irrational fear of trains? Rodney Hide has written his weekly column on the City Rail Link and the two most recent reports, the 2010 business case and the 2012 City Centre Future Access Study.…
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