Trench politics
A trench will be dug all the way down the Waterview straits. Reminiscent of the lava tunnels that stem from the volcanoes they are chopping through.
So it's partly a tunnel. If I stand outside the front gate I can see a part of what the motorway will affect. It is zoned as a surface stretch. There will be a lot of people in that situation - tens of thousands. The alternative of leaving the motorway where it is (as the Greens would have us do) imposes traffic disruption through the suburban streets too - so the costs will have to be paid by the community even if nothing is done.Everyone along Hendon Ave - and the other side - the New Windsor side - of that surface stretch will also have rail down it too in the future. Nasty. But it isn't the most brutal possibility. Oakley Creek gorge and its waterfall is saved under the option presented.
Transit agency website for the connection. Now at least the National candidate will know what to campaign on. It's reasonable given Michael Cullen had big surpluses in mind when he gave the green light for the tunnel version that spared the rail corridor. A lead-lined, rather than gold-plated scenario.
Labels: Auckland/Tamaki, Mt Albert by-election
posted by Tim Selwyn @ 12:19 am
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Wouldn't a rail link from Onehunga to the Airport be a bigger priority, matched by rail to Hamilton at least once or twice a day, as three times daily seems unlikely due to the current stress undertaken using rail.I know just catching a bus from bus stops outside a big development in Newmarket's new station (not patform) has become even more of a headache with shopping to carry as the developers are prone to removing bus stops full stop once fully operational.The growth in rail is tied to these developments on either side of the old Newmarket station railway line.A new platform, on the other side of the road and albeit only temporary scaffolding seems a bit rich for something that will be replaced once the new station is completed next year in 2010.Work has proceeded quite quickly however.We just dream of a time when everything is completed and working properly again, so my old school chums at Kings can get to South Auckland and back without delays.That is what all the expense and fuss is for right?
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