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$228m without a metre of track, now Auckland Light Rail disestablishment to cost millions more (www.newstalkzb.co.nz)
submitted 9 months ago by absGeekNZ to c/newzealand
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Terrible both in scraping the project and how nothing has been done for a quarter billion

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[–] absGeekNZ 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think you need the nail on the head, how much of the spend was on fighting the NIMBY's. Not just in correct cost but also on delays.

[–] Ilovethebomb 1 points 9 months ago

Some of them had a valid point, we should have been going under the basin right from the start.

Also, their proposal for a second Terrace tunnel would still have left us with only two lanes for cars, which isn't enough for the traffic we have now, let alone thirty years in the future. And I know people will say everyone will take the bus or ride, but they just won't.