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Puhoi Cost Benefit Still Unknown
The Transport Minister says it’s too early to confirm exactly what the final cost-benefit ratio for the Puhoi to Wellsford highway will be. Steven Joyce...
Labour’s Empty Jar
Labour’s performance is so woeful, it can only be concluded they are getting their PR training from the Taliban’s suicide bombing division and want to...
Puhoi On, CBD Link Not (Update)
UPDATE: Len Brown’s reaction: “The rail link is vital for AKL & NZ - council and govt will explore a range of funding options to make it work.” The...
Puhoi Highway Delayed?
The Rodney Times is reporting that the so called Holiday Highway has been delayed because of the cost of repairing Christchurch. The report says: That could see...
Auckland Council On Holiday Highway
The Auckland Council wants to tell the NZTA it’s lukewarm on the proposed Holiday Highway and wants other options and matters investigated first. The Auckland...
Last Puhoi Consultation
With five weeks left to run in the consultation process for the Puhoi to Wellsford route, NZTA says community feedback has already provided the NZTA with new information...
Minister Puts Down Auck Rail (Again)
Sorry, but this is getting tiresome. Transport minister Steven Joyce told parliament this afternoon the Puhoi Holiday Highway ”carries more traffic and more...
Joyce: Why I Reject CBD Loop Case
Steven Joyce doesn’t yet buy the Auckland CBD rail link business case. He said it “could be a good project for Auckland” but in his mind there...
Puhoi Cost Ratio Officially 0.8
The Puhoi motorway delivers a ratio of only 0.80 (80 cents on every dollar). On conventional analysis the CBD rail loop delivers a cost/benefit ratio of 1.1 (for...
Govt MP: Fast-track Puhoi
The Speaker of the House, Rodney’s National MP, Dr Lockwood Smith, today urged the NZTA to fast track the planned Puhoi to Wellsford highway process. “This...
Views Hot On Puhoi Project
There’s been no shortage of public feedback on the Puhoi to Wellsford road plan. NZTA has had more than 200 written responses about it so far. And more than...
Joyce On CBD Loop
Transport Minister Steven Joyce refused to commit support today for the CBD rail loop saying he would have to await the business case which will be with him before...
Warkworth SH1 Work Delayed
Heavy winter rains have delayed the first stage of Warkworth’s SH1 improvements between Woodcocks and Whitaker Roads. They will now be completed by the end of...
Puhoi vs Rail Loop
There will be absolutely no trade-off between us getting either the planned Puhoi road development or the proposed CBD rail loop in terms of funding. NZTA’s...
ARC Debates Puhoi Cost
The NZTA today tried to convince ARC councillors of the worth of its Puhoi to Wllsford SH1 plans. But NZTA regional director Wayne McDonald told them a cost benefit...
Food For Thought
Whangarei engineer Dean Scanlen has produced some interesting graphs on traffic counts on roads of national significance. Following a recent newspaper article in...
Urgent Work Not “Holiday Highway”
ARC’s transport and urban development committee today stopped short of supporting what Chair Mike Lee once famously dubbed the “holiday highway.” Instead...
Greens Push For North Rail Link
The threat to close Northland’s rail line, in the wake of the KiwiRail plan, has re-ignited the debate about the Puhoi highway. Energetic Greens transport...
Puhoi Critics Myopic
Transport Minister Steven Joyce turned his guns today on the critics of the Puhoi to Wellsford roading link. He complained that “a few myopic central Aucklanders...
