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Lee: Long Hauler Would Work
ARC Chair Mike Lee has detailed more about his plan for a “Long Hauler” Auckland rail experiment, in a report to the full council. The council’s...
Free Onehunga Steam Rides
Onehunga’s train station will be officially opened by transport minister Steven Joyce on Saturday morning -and the public will later be able to score free...
Top Debate: Parnell Bus Plan
Updated here with account of meeting A showdown tonight over plans for the Parnell railway train station proposed for the Mainline Steam area at Cheshire St. The...
New Queens Wharf Solution
The ARC and the Government have finally agreed on how Queens Wharf will be developed in what ARC Chair Mike Lee calls a “new, pragmatic and creative solution.” The...
Tears Shed Over Queens Wharf
The big shed on Queens Wharf is going to be saved - but who is going to pay the millions needed to save it? In typical Auckland political fashion, the answer...
Mike Lee Slams T2 Plan
ARC chair and Waitemata and Gulf City Vision-endorsed candidate, Mike Lee, today slammed the Auckland City plan to allow cars into the bus lanes on Dominion Rd,...
The Trams Are Back!
Another legacy the ARC and especially chair Mike Lee leaves for Auckland. The electric trams are back after 50 years -on the Auckland waterfront. The project’s...
Lee: We Need More Rail Investment
ARC Chair Mike Lee says that if New Zealand is to increase its economic productivity, our major cities must be well served by rapid rail. “New Zealand needs...
Waterfront Trams May Roll
The quaint plan for tourist trams to travel down Auckland city streets again is still alive. The idea was for electric trams to be used along the Auckland waterfront,...
New Trains: Who Pays?
The chairmen of the ARC and ARTA have requested a meeting with the transport minister to discuss the Government’s expectations for passenger rail in Auckland. It’s...
Bring Back Bellbirds
The ARC is leading an ambitious conservation project to bring bellbirds (korimako) back to the islands of the Hauraki Gulf. Four releases of bellbirds this Sunday...
Queens Sheds Staying Now?
The ARC and New Zealand Historic Places Trust now say they’re are working together to “ensure Queens Wharf’s historical significance is protected and...
Lee Says Council Move Election Stunt
ARC chair Mike Lee is dismissing as an “election stunt” today’s Auckland City Council decision to recommit $26 million to doing up the Queens...
Queens Shed Debate Erupts
Highly respected ARC Councillor and strong public transport and cycling advocate Dr Joel Cayford has posted an extraordinary outburst on his blog about the Queens...
Who Pays For The New Trains?
Once again Mike Lee is on the ball. A Cabinet paper obtained under the Official information Act raises more concern about how much Aucklanders are going to be forking...
Your View: $9m Party Central
At last, RWC 2011″s Queens Wharf Party central - and word on the old sheds. RWC Minister Murray McCully calls what had earlier been dubbed a tent…...
Key: Too Many Voices In Auck
Prime Minister John Key says the ongoing debate about what should be done with Queens Wharf, in relation to the RWC 2011, shows why his government’s Auckland...
Mike Lee Slams Joyce Plan “A Joke”
ARC Chairman Mike Lee cranked up the rhetoric about the new Auckland Transport body today saying to the transport minister: “The point is we don’t want a bar...
Banks, Lee Enthusiastic About CBD Loop Plan
Auckland mayor John Banks is enthusiastic about the suggested route for the CBD rail loop – and ARC chair Mike Lee says the suggestion of running the line under...
