RATE PAYERS FOOT $1.6M REPAIR BILL
Charlie Gates - The Press
19 November 2008
Christchurch ratepayers face a $1.6 million bill for repairing storm damage to Banks Peninsular roads after government roading agencies refuse to pay. More>
DUNE, KEY IN GULLY TALKS
Kerry Williamson - The Dominion Post
18 November 2008
The spectre of Transmission Gully has already been raised with prime minister-designate John Key, with a public-private partnership deal now likely to be used to fund the highway. More>
WAIKATO HIGHWAY WORK COULD BE 20-YEAR TASK
Bruce Holloway - Waikato Times
15 November 2008
Waikato's new regional transport boss says it is highly unlikely that the Waikato Expressway will be completed within 10 years. More>
BUZZING BUSWAY COULD GET EVEN BIGGER
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
13 November 2008
Auckland's booming Northern Busway is being eyed up for a $700 million to $1.2 billion extension to Orewa. More>
ANGER AT COUNCILLORS' STANCE
Kay Blundell - The Dominion Post
13 November 2008
Kapiti business leaders say reducing the size of the log-awaited Western Link Road would jeopardise a rare government subsidy and hit ratepayers in the pocket. More>
COUNCILLORS FIGHT KAPITI LINK ROAD COMPLETION
Kay Blundell - The Dominion Post Weekend
8 November 2008
A goup of Kapiti Coast district councillors is strongly opposing the construction of the entire Western Link Rd, saying the funds should go toward building a reservoir instead. More>
WIRI INVESTMENT SLAMMED
Aaron Lim - The Dominion Post
7 November 2008
Port of Tauranga's chief executive says a $6 million government investment in rival Ports of Auckland's Wiri inland port rail ink means taxpayer money will be used to prevent much-needed rationalisation of the port sector. More>
$6M 'INLAND PORT' TO TAKE TRUCKS OFF AUCKLAND ROADS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
7 November 2008
Labour candidates were thick on the ground beside South Auckland railway tracks yesterday when Prime Minister Hele Clark announced the Government would put the $6 million into a new "inland port". More>
CRITICISM FOR WIRI INVESTMENT
Aaron Lim - The Press
7 November 2008
Port of Tauranga's chief executive says a $6 million government investment in rival POrts of Auckland's Wiri inland port rail link means taxpayer money will be used to prevent much-needed rationalisation of the port sector. More>
GORGE SLIP FUELS ROAD CAMPAIGN
Tanya Katterns - The Dominion Post
6 November 2008
A massive slip that has closed the Manawatu Gorge has added fuel to a long-running campaign to have the Paihiatua Track rated as a state highway. More>
WILDLIFE PRESERVATION A PRIORITY
New Zealand Herald
6 November 2008
More than a million trees are planned to be planted along the new stretch of SH1 from the top of the northern motorway just before Orewa and Grand Drive to the exit of the twin Johnson's Hill tunnels just south of Puhoi. More>
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
Eric Thompson - New Zealand Herald
6 November 2008
The Northern Gateway toll road is situated just south of Puhoi, with seven and a half kilometers of new road connecting the Johnson's Hill tunnels to the top of the northern motorway. More>
$100M VOW TO EASE CITYH GRIDLOCK
Graham Skellern and John Cousins - Bay of Plenty Times
4 November 2008
A new four-lane expressway through the centre of Tauranga, costing $100 million, will be fast-tracked by a National-led Government. More>
STUDENTS DESIGN ONEHUNGA'S GRAND RAIL FUTURE
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
4 November 2008
Onehunga is preparing to become a proud railway town again - on a line going to an airport this time - with help from architecture students with grand visions. More>
BRIDGE DECISION DELAYED
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
3 November 2008
A decision on whether walking and cycling links across Auckland Harbour Bridge should be added to a regional list of transport projects has been delayed untill after the election. More>
ROLE FOR PORTS SOUGHT
The Dominion Post
31 October 2008
Ports need to be included in plans for investment in New Zealand's transport infrastructure, CentrePort chairman Warren Larson said. More>
TRANSPORT A BANDWAGON EVERYONE'S HAPPY TO RIDE
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
31 October 2008
Transport is a beneiciary this election season of a salvationist zeal for infrastructure spending to maintain the country's money-go-round against global economic contractions. More>
CHIEFS WARNED NOT TO BYPASS CITY ROADS
Belinda Feek - Waikato Times
30 October 2008
The new Avalon Dr bypass opened yesterday with the who's who of the transport industry attending putting on notice that the city wants its share of roads built faster. More>
$31M ONEHUNGA FORESHAW OFFER HAS STRINGS ATTACHED
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
30 October 2008
Government representatives have offered up to $31 million to restore Onehunga's motorway-devestated foreshore, but only if Auckland City and the regional council chip in. More>
NEWMARKET TRIES TO STAVE OFF DOMAIN "RAT-RUN"
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
29 October 2008
Newmarket's business association is urging motorists not to turn Auckland Domain into a "rat-run" by using it as an alternative route while Grafton Bridge is closed for a 14-month upgrade. More>
BRIDGE CLOSURE FIRST OF MAJOR PROJECTS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
24 October 2008
Central Auckland's main link with its largest hospital will be cut tomorrow night as the historic Grafton Bridge closes for a major 14-month upgrade. More>
BIG STEPS TO CHANGE CITY OF CARS
Bernard Orsman - New Zealand Herald
24 October 2008
The prognosis was bleak when Tom Nielsen arrived on Sunday to begin an investigation into the quality of pedestrian life in central Auckland. More>
NZ SHOULD AIM FOR ZERO ROAD TOLL, SAYS EXPERT
Ben Fawkes - The Dominion Post
24 October 2008
New Zealand should aim to eliminate road deaths, by slashing speed limits, designing streets to stunt traffic flow and flooding roads with speed cameras, a European transport expert says. More>
PARTIES WONT KICK GULLY FOOTBALL
Kerry Williamson - The Dominion Post
23 October 2008
It has become the political football that nobody wants to take a kick at. More>
ACCELERATE ROADS URGES INDUSTRY
Alison King - Bay of Plenty Times
22 October 2008
Te Puke businesses want the next government to take the brakes off development and speed up a better roading infrastructure. More>
T2 LANES CLOSER TO BEING SCRAPPED
Matt Calman - The Dominion Post
22 October 2008
The Mana Esplanade T2 lanes, which have cost taxpayers nearly $1 million to monitor, are a step closer to being scrapped just three years after being built. More>
NAT'S $790M ROADING PLEDGE
Jeff Neems - Waikato Times
21 October 2008
National will spend $790 million of borrowed money completing the Waikato expressway in the next 10 years if it forms the next government, leader John Key announced this morning. More>
TUNNEL'S POLLUTION EQUIPMENT COULD ADD $140M TO WATERVIEW PROJECT
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
21 October 2008
Pollution treatment equipment for vehicle fumes pumped from motorway tunnels through Waterview Auckland could add $140 million to the cost of the $189 billion-plus project, says the Transport Agency. More>
RESIDENTS SKEPTICAL OVER TUNNEL PLEDGES
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
20 October 2008
Traffic experts claim motorway tunnels through Waterview in Auckland will produce less pollution than surface roads, and the bigger the tunnels, the cleaner they say the air will be. More>
RAIL - IT'S SAFER AND BETTER FOR US
Nikki Preston - Waikato Times
18 October 2008
New Zealand's transport system has come full circle, with companies looking at trains and coastal shipping as cheaper and greener alternatives to trucking. More>
$3.6M LINK ROAD FOR BETHLEHEM
Michele McPherson - Bay of Plenty Times
17 October 2008
Tauranga City Council has awarded the contract for a $3.65 million link road between Beaumaris Boulevard, Sterling Gate Dr and Waihi Road in Bethlehem with work due to begin this month. More>
TOLL DODGERS FACE A $60 FINE
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
17 October 2008
Motorists on Auckland's new Northern Gateway toll road could face fines of up to $60 if they fail to pay their way within 28 days. More>
PETROL TAX PUT TO CYNICAL USE
New Zealand Herald
16 October 2008
There are several reasons for being sceptical about the regional fuel tax, most of which will be used for the billion-dollar electrification of Auckland's rail network. More>
TRANSPORT FUNDING PLAN 'DAFT'
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
16 October 2008
Aucklanders should not have to pay extra fuel tax to bankroll urgent public transport improvements while the Government foots the full cost of motorways, says Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons. More>
EAST COAST GETS, SAFE RELIABLE ROADING ALIGNMENT
Press Release: New Zealand Government - Scoop
15 October 2008
Labour's commitment to ensure remote communities are provided with reliable roading infrastructure has been further strengthened by today's announcement of a $2.5m SH35 alignment for the East Coast, says Transport Minister Annete King and Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP and Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia. More>
MARITIME UNION PUTS FORWARD ELECTION GOALS
Press Release: Maritime Union of New Zealand - Scoop
14 October 2008
The Maritime Union has announced its priorities for the 2008 election. More>
TUNNEL DEAL BRINGS RAIL LOOP STEP CLOSER
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
14 October 2008
Planning for a $1 billion-plus rail tunnel between downtown Auckland and Mt Eden has cleared its first big hurdle, obtaining a route out of the western end of Britomart Station. More>
BEAM ME UP: THIS WASN'T HERE YESTERDAY
John Cousins - Bay of Plenty Times
13 October 2008
An overnight transformation of Chapel Street's landscape has jolted motorists to the reality of the $130m Harbour Link project. More>
COUNCIL REVOKES BYPASS LAND SALE
Dave Burgess - The Dominion Post Weekend
11 October 2008
Historic land alongside the inner city bypass will be retained by Wellington City Council so the controversial road can be widened. More>
IT'S THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS
John Cousin - Bay of Plenty Times
10 October 2008
A milestone has been reached in the $130 million construction of Tauranga's four-lane expressway. More>
YEARS OF GROUND WORK BEFORE $400 M ROAD TAKES SHAPE
John Cousin - Bay of Plenty Times
10 October 2008
Sections of Tauranga's planned $400 million Eastern Motorway will require years of painstaking layer by layer foundation building before the roadway can be built. More>
WELLINGTON THREATENS TO WITHDRAW GULLY BACKING
Kerry Williamson and Matt Calman - The Dominion Post
10 October 2008
Wellington City Council has threatened to pull its support for the Transmission Gully over Porirua's plans for a business area near the controversial highway route. More>
TRANSPORT PROJECTS FACE BIGGEST HIT FROM NATS PRUNING
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
10 October 2008
Roads and other transport projects will take the biggest hit from an $800 million easing of National's proposed spend-up on infrastructure. More>
FREIGHT TRAFFIC IN WAIKATO TO SOAR: REPORT
Martin Tiffany - Waikato Times
9 October 2008
Growth in freight traffic generated in Waikato is predicted to double by 2031 - the highest growth for all regions in New Zealand. More>
FUEL TAX FOR CITY RAIL BECOMES 'DONE DEAL'
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
8 October 2008
Auckland's billion-dollar rail electrification project is rolling after the Government said yesterday it had approved a regional fuel tax to pay for it. More>
ANGER OVER ROAD CASH PLAN
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
8 October 2008
Organisations as diverse as the Green Party and the Automobile Association are angry the Government has earmarked Auckland regional fuel tax money for a toll-free road to the Whangaparoa Peninsula. More>
REGIONAL FUEL LEVY DETAILS ANNOUNCED
Press Release: New Zealand Government - Scoop
7 October 2008
A range of significant Auckland transport projects, including Auckland passenger rail electrification, have been given a green light with the Government's decision to approve Auckland's regional fuel levy scheme, Transport Minister Annette King said today. More>
REGIONAL FUEL TAX TO HELP FUND PENLINK
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
7 October 2008
Whangaparoa Peninsular will be promised a toll-free link road to Auckland's Northern Motorway from a regional fuel tax of up to 10c a litre likely to be announced today or tomorrow. More>
MOTORWAY FOOTBRIDGE PLANNED AT DEATH SPOT
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
7 October 2008
Residents of the Waitakere City suburb of Massey are to get a pedestrian bridge across a section of motorway where a 12-year-old boy was killed by a van four years ago. More>
NORTH SHORE MAYOR TALKS TOUGH OVER FUNDING FOR ROAD PROJECTS
Wayne Thompson - New Zealand Herald
7 October 2008
North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams has asked city council staff to "sharpen their pencils" in pricing contracts after shock cost blow outs in three major roading projects. More>
ROAD PROJECT TIMING RAISES EYEBROWS
Mathew Dearnaley and Naomi Arnold - Weekend Herald
4 October 2008
Questions are being raised over start dates for two big Auckland motorway projects - the $195 million Newmarket Viaduct replacement and the $220 million Hobsonville bypass - just weeks before the election. More>
AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE VULNERABLE AND AT RISK
Press Release: North Shore City - Scoop
4 October 2008
"Today's damage to the Onewa Road overbridge which closed the southbound lanes of the northern motorway highlights the vulnerability and risk to the Auckland Harbour Bridge" says North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams. More>
$195 MIL NEWMARKET VIADUCT PROJECT READY TO ROLL
Press Release: New Zealand Government - Scoop
3 October 2008
Prime Minister Helen Clark and Transport Minister Annette King today announced that work on the $195 million Newmarket Viaduct project in Auckland can start as early as next month. More>
ROAD NEEDS TO MAKE WAY FOR CROWDS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
3 October 2008
Neighours of Eden Park are about to be consulted over plans to move Sandringham Rd to allow Kingsland railway station to be enlarged for the Rugby World Cup crowds. More>
ELECTRIC RAIL PROJECT IS GO, SAYS CULLEN
MathewDearnaley - New Zealand Herald
2 October 2008
Auckland's rail electrification project - and the petrol tax to pay for it - are a week or two away from Government approval, after Finance Minister Michael Cullen described them as a "lock-down certainty". More>
NEW TRACK FOR PIKE COAL
New Zealand Herald
2 October 2008
The first significant length of new railway track in New Zealand since the 1950s is being laid on the West Coast. More>
ECAN'S CALL FOR ROAD STUDY SEEN AS 'OVERKILL'
Charlie Gates - The Press
2 October 2008
Efforts to ensure the $110 million Southern Motorway extension will not pollute Christchurch's water supply are "overhill", the government agency behind the scheme claims. More>
NZ TRANSPORT AGENCY ANNOUNCES MOTORWAY ALLIANCE
Press Release: New Zealand Transport Agency - Scoop
1 October 2008
The NZ Transport Agency today launches an innovative alliance to better manage Auckland's motorway network and improve driving conditions for people using it. More>
DR CULLEN: A NEW ERA IN THE RAIL INDUSTRY
Speech: New Zealand Government - Scoop
1 October 2008
Today, the New Zealand Railways Corporation acquires the shares in KiwiRail and a new management team begins work with the board on charting a course for the future. More>
BYPASS 'READY FOR SUMMER HOLIDAYS'
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
1 October 2008
One of the country's most dangerous stretches of highway will become a quiet country road when a 7km bypass of Mangatawhiri on the main route between Auckland and Coromandel Peninsular opens next month. More>
PREPARATORY WORK STARTS ON ONEHUNGA DUPLICATION
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
1 October 2008
Preparatory work is due to start today on the Onehunga side of a $230 million motorway duplication project across Manukau Harbour, despite uncertainty over foreshore restoration plans. More>
EXTENSION HEARINGS UNDER WAY
The Press
30 September 2008
A $110 million Southern Motorway extension will cut journey times, relieve traffic congestion and eliminate accident black spots, advocates say. More>
SECOND THOUGHTS ON VIADUCT'S 'TWIN LEAVES' BRIDGE
Bernard Orsman - New Zealand Herald
29 September 2008
The future of the $51.2 million Te Wero Bridge across the Viaduct Harbour is in doubt because of growing concerns about its size, cost and transport implications. More>
SMALL STEP AHEAD FOR BRIDGE WALKERS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
25 September 2008
Auckland's public transport authority has decided to back an assessment of walking and cycling over the harbour bridge, although the government body with ultimate responsibility wants more time. More>
SHORE COUNCILLORS SWEAT ON LAKE ROAD UPGRADE
Wayne Thompson - New Zealand Herald
25 September 2008
North Shore City Council will decide next month whether to go ahead with the upgrade of Takapuna's busiest corridor - the stretch of Lake Road from Esmond Road to Jutland Road. More>
NOT ENOUGH MOMENTUM FOR CYCLING
Jon Addison - New Zealand Herald
24 September 2008
For about two years I was almost certainly Auckland's loneliest commuter. The reason: I chose to use a bicycle. More>
AIR POLLUTION PLAN UPSETS MOTORWAY'S NEIGHBOURS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
22 September 2008
Neighbours of Auckland's proposed $1.9 billion Waterview motorway tunnels are fuming over a consultant's report questioning the effectiveness of filtering polluted air from them. More>
SOME IDEAS SHOULD BE LEFT ON THE COAT HANGER
Rudman - New Zealand Herald
22 September 2008
The Cycle lobbyists seem driven by the same cargo-cult philosophy that makes business leaders believe their expensive new Big A logo is the aphrodisiac that will have customers flocking to our city. More>
PEDAL PROTEST SPRINTS OVER BRIDGE
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
22 September 2008
Dozens of cyclists staked a claim to the harbour bridge yesterday by riding across it to a rally of 400 pedallers and walkers on the other side. More>
$20M ROAD EXTENSION GROWING
Warwick Rasmussen - Waikato Times
20 September 2008
It's about 2km long, will take about three years to build, and will cost tax and ratepayers more than $20 million. More>
BRIDGE CYCLEWAY DECISION ON HOLD
Mathew Dearnaley - Weekend Herald
20 September 2008
Cyclists and walkers are being kept on tenter hooks over their bid for access to Auckland Harbour Bridge, after the Government's Transport Agency decided yesterday it needed more information. More>
FUNDING APPROVED FOR ONEHUNGA MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT
Press Release: Auckland City Council - Scoop
19 September 2008
Auckland City Council's Finance and Strategy Committee this week approved funding to develop a master plan for the Onehunga foreshore and lagoon. More>
GROUP APPOINTED TO REVIEW ROAD USER CHARGES
Press Release: New Zealand Government - Scoop
19 August 2008
Transport Minister Annette King has today confirmed the members of an independent group to review Road User Charges. More>
TAX OR TOLL TO FILL $145 MILLION GAP IN CANTERBURY ROAD FUNDING
Paul Gorman - The Press
18 September 2008
The first steps have been taken towards introducing a fuel tax or road tolls to fill a $145 million funding gap for major Canterbury schemes. More>
POLITICIANS ADD VOICE TO CALLS FOR BRIDGE ACCESS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
18 September 2008
Auckland's transport politicians have added more weight to calls for walking and cycling on the harbour bridge, amid fear the Government's new Transport Agency is to veto them. More>
MAJOR DISRUPTIONS SOUR REPORT'S TRUMPETING OF PASSENGER INCREASES
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
18 September 2008
Auckland's railway service meltdown cast a long shadow yesterday over an annual report to regional councillors of public transport achievements. More>
RAIL COMMUTERS ENDURE MORE DISRUPTION AS SIGNALLING SYSTEM FAILS AGAIN
Mathew Dearnaley and Edward Gray - New Zealand Herald
17 September 2008
Thousands of commuters were stranded along Auckland's western railway line yesterday morning by a second signals meltdown in a week. More>
ENGINEERS SHIFT HEAVEN AND EARTH TO COST TRENCH
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
16 September 2008
Engineers are rushing to provide a rough cost estimate for lowering Auckland's Southwestern Motorway into a covered trench along Onehunga Bay. More>
AIRPORT TRIPS FACE DELAYS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
16 September 2008
Traffic heading between Auckland and the airport faces detours and possible de4lays tomorrow night, as long beams are installed for a new road bridge. More>
COASTERS PUSH FOR RAIL STATION
Kay Blundell - The Dominion Post
16 September 2008
A group of Kapiti Coast residents has launched a battle to get a long-promised railway station built at Raumati. More>
BACK OFF ON THE BUSES
New Zealand Herald
15 September 2008
Auckland's bus companies have belatedly gone to battle against a move to bring them back under the Regional Council's complete control. More>
$60M IN NEW FUNDS 'FOUND' FOR HIGHWAYS
Graham Skellern - Bay of Plenty Times
13 September 2008
Another $60 million has been earmarked for state highway construction in the Western Bay, a surprised local transport committee was told yesterday. More>
WAIKATO FUEL TAX BACK ON AGENDA
Martin Tiffany - Waikato Times
12 September 2008
The prospect of a regional fuel tax which could add up to 10 cents a litre to petrol and diesel for the Waikato was raised by Transport Minister Annette King in Hamilton yesterday. More>
RACE AGAINST TIME FOR LINK-UP
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
12 September 2008
One of North Shore City's main motorway connections closes tonight for the weekend, before a new link opens early Monday in conjunction with an extension of the $295 million Northern Busway. More>
SHORE SAYS CONDITIONAL YES TO PATH FOR BRIDGE
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
12 September 2008
North Shore City councillors have followed their Auckland Regional counterparts by voting in principal for walking and cycling over the harbour bridge, but only subject to more investigations. More>
PUBLIC TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT BILL
Press Release: New Zealand Government -- Scoop
11 September 2008
Transport Minister Annette King says the passage of the Public Transport Management Bill will enable Regional Councils to improve New Zealand's public transport system More>
REGIONAL COUNCIL BACKS BRIDGE WALKERS, CYCLISTS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
11 September 2008
Walking and cycling across the Harbour Bridge won support from Auckland Regional Council yesterday, but only subject to an evaluation of their benefits against other priorities. More>
LEE CALLS FOR LOWERING OF ONEHUNGA BAY MOTORWAY
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
11 September 2008
Plans to start widening Auckland's Southwestern Motorway along Onehunga Bay next month have been complicated by a call from regional council chairman Mike Lee for the road to be sunk into a trench. More>
SH1 UPGRADE COST COULD REACH $40M
John Keast Timaru - The Press
10 September 2008
The staged four-laning of Evans Street - State Highway One - in Timaru could cost up to $40 million. More>
ARC AND SHORE STUDIES BACK BRIDGE CYCLE LINK
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
9 Septemeber 2008
Pedestrians and cyclists have won support from Auckland Regional Council officers for access to the harbour bridge as a "powerful signal" of commitment to transport alternatives. More>
CASE FOR PRIVATE ROLE IN TUNNELS GETS BOOST
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
8 September 2008
Fans of private investment to hasten the $1.89 billion Waterview motorway tunnels project in Auckland have seized on a new study into benefits from Sydney's orbital network of toll road's. More>
CITY USING BIG STICK TO GET ROAD LAND
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
8 September 2008
Auckland City is getting heavier in negotiations for land it needs for a $5 million project to enlarge a busy intersection in Mt Albert. More>
ROAD TO THE FUTURE
Alison King - Bay of Plenty Times
6 September 2008
Onlookers passing the Chapel St flyover would be forgiven for thinking buses and trucks will have a tight squeeze. More>
PROUD OLD WORKHORSES NEARLY READY TO PLUG GAPS IN WELLINGTON'S RAIL SYSTEM
The Dominion Post Weekend
6 September 2008
For two decades it sat in a museum, a relic from times long past, on show to people interested in seeing what riding the rails used to be like. More>
BRIDGE CYCLE LINK BINNED - FOR NOW
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
5 September 2008
Auckland City transport chairman Ken Baguley believes Gt Barrier Island's main road should be tarsealed before cycling and pedestrian links are added to the harbour bridge. More>
CITY COUNCIL REFUSES DELAY ON HARBOUR BRIDGE BICYCLE LANES DECISION
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
4 September 2008
Auckland City's transport leader intends pressing ahead today towards a decision on cycling and walking across the harbour bridge, despite calls on him to hold off. More>
REROUTE FOR MANGERE MOTORISTS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
3 September 2008
Mangere Bridge residents will no longer be able to drive directly east, across the Southern Motorway towards Middlemore and Otahuhu, until a new traffic bridge is ready in almost a year. More>
CYCLEWAY FOR BRIDGE COULD PROVE TOO PRICEY
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
3 September 2008
Cycling and pedestrian links across Auckland Harbour have been priced ar between $24 million and $43 million, heralding a difficult debate among regional and city leaders over their worth. More>
HUGE SUPPORT FOR IMPROVED GULLY ROUTE
Kerry Williamson - The Dominion Post
3 September 2008
The improved Transmission Gully route appears to have huge support, with nearly 90 per cent of the almost 2400 submitters giving it the green light. More>
SOLUTION FOR TE PUNA GRIDLOCK
Alison King - Bay of Plenty Times
2 September 2008
A trial two-way traffic flow will start on Thursday through roadworks at Te Puna to ease delays for motorists. More>
SUPERPORT SHOULD BE IN TAURANGA
Laura Franklin - Bay of Plenty Times
28 August 2008
An impressive financial result posted today by Port of Tauranga should - if the sector and the Government have any sense - make waves nationally as an indication that if there is to be a "superport" it should be here. More>
PRESSURE GROWS OVER SITE OF RAILWAY STATION IN PARNELL
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
28 August 2008
Auckland City and the regional council have lined up with business associations to press government agency Ontrack for a railway station near Parnell's main street. More>
GREENS SAY WATERVIEW PROJECT A 'FINANCIAL DRAIN'
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
28 August 2008
Auckland's $1.89 billion Waterview motorway tunnels project is being lambasted by the Green Party as a financial drain with a "miserable" benefit-cost rating - even without considering future oil prices. More>
PAY AS YOU GO FOR ROADS
Laura Franklin - Bay of Plenty Times
27 August 2008
The debate over toll roads has been around for decades - and Tauranga has been one of the key areas in New Zealand with practical experience of how they work in reality. More>
TOLL LOOKS LIKELY ON WATERVIEW LINK
Paula Oliver - New Zealand Herald
27 August 2008
A toll looks likely to be slapped on drivers who use the new $1.9 billion Waterview connection, regardless of which party leads the Government that makes the final decision. More>
GULLY GAP MAY BE CLOSED
Kerry Williamson - The Dominion Post
27 August 2008
The door has opened to private money being used to ease Transmission Gully's massive funding gap, the biggest hurdle preventing the highway from being built. More>
LONG ROAD AHEAD FOR TAURANGA'S ROUTE K
Juliet Rowan - New Zealand Herald
27 August 2008
When Tauranga's toll road, Route K, opened in 2008, it struggled to get 2000 vehicles a day. More>
KAPITI DROPS FOUR-LANE ROAD PLAN
Kay Blundell - The Dominion Post
26 August 2008
A four-lane design for the long-awaited Western Link Rd in Kapiti has been replaced by a two-lane "environmentally friendly" concept. More>
ROAD TOLLS A HOT POTATO SINCE THE HARBOUR BRIDGE
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
26 August 2008
Road tolls have been a hot potato in Auckland since the harbour bridge opened 49 years ago. More>
DOZENS OF PROPERTIES AT RISK FROM ARTERIAL ROAD PLAN
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
25 August 2008
Residents of a dress circle of high-value homes in Manukau City's south-eastern sector are among hundreds being notified of a major arterial road corridor potentially heading through or close to their properties. More>
NATIONAL'S USER-PAY PLAN FOR CITY ROADS
Mathew Dearnaley and Paula Oliver - New Zealand Herald
25 August 2008
New roads around Auckland might be paid for by tolls on drivers who use them if National wins the election. More>
NATIONAL'S PLAN TIPS 4 OR 5 BIG TOLL ROADS
Tracy Watkins - The Dominion Post
25 August 2008
National is tipping four or five big toll roads under its plans to allow for privately funded roads - with Wellington's Transmission Gully high on the list. More>
CASH APPROVED FOR NORTHERN BOTTLENECKS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
21 August 2008
Government transport officials are considering a four-lane motorway and expressway links north of Auckland to Warkworth and Wellsford as part of upgrades costing up to $1.8 billion. More>
$170M BLOWOUT IF WORKS HIT SNAG
Kerry Williamson - The Dominion Post
14 August 2008
Transmission Gully would take almost eight years to build - and the project could blow out to more than $170 million over budget - but support for it appears to be growing. More>
MORE WORK STARTS ON NOTORIOUS HIGHWAY
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
11 August 2008
Engineers have begun design and investigation work on two more stretches of the notorious Maramarua highway through the northern Waikato, as a first-stage $46 million bypass nears completion further west. More>
STEEL BACKBONE AN ECONOMIC LIFELINE
Mathew Dearnaley - Weekend Herald
9 August 2008
Soaring fuel prices and pressure to cut greenhouse gases mean railways have a bright future. More>
MPS BACK AKLD-HAMILTON RAIL SERVICE
Mathew Dearnaley - Weekend Herald
9 August 2008
Labour's three Hamilton MPs are promising to put a head of steam behind efforts to resurrect a daily commuter rail service to Auckland. More>
NEW PUSH FOR RAIL LINK
Martin Tiffany - Waikato Times
7 August 2008
A commuter rail service between the Waikato and Auckland is again gaining a higher profile on the region's transport agenda but once again more feedback on a consultant's report is being sought. More>
LABOUR'S 40-YEAR PLAN FOR GREENER SAFER TRANSPORT
Kerry Williamson - The Dominion Post
6 August 2008
A five-fold increase in public transport use - and a 50 per cent cut in the road death toll - are two of the several ambitious transport targets the Government hopes to achieve within 40 year. More>
RATEPAYERS GIVEN CHANCE TO FUND PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPTIONS THEY WANT
David Cochrane and Siobhan Hale - New Zealand Herald
6 August 2008
Local authorities now have more funding options, and ratepayers have the chance to participate in projects other than just by paying for them. More>
MOTORISTS HIT HARD AGAIN WITH FUEL TAXES FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
6 August 2008
Auckland motorists face new fuel taxes of up to 10c a litre from 2011, to pay for electric trains and other congestion busting public transport investments. More>
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SPENDING TOO SMALL TO MAKE REAL DIFFERENCE, SAY GREENS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
6 August 2008
Government land and sea transport spending is predicted to remain at relatively static levels of $2.7 billion to $2.8 billion annually for the next five years, before rising to $3.6 billion by 2018. More>
ONEHUNGA CALLS FOR NEW ROAD TO BE SHIFTED
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
6 August 2008
Pressure is mounting on the newly-established Transport Agency to shift the motorway along Onehunga Bay westward as part of the $230 million duplication of its Manukau Harbour crossing. More>
INVESTORS EYE NAT'S POLICY WITH BIG-BUCKS WISH-LIST
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
5 August 2008
National Party leader John Key is not saying which "roads of national significance" will receive his funding largesse - but infrastructure investors have a wish-list of almost $11 billion for the north island alone. More>
TRANSPORT AGENCY SET TO KEEP NZ MOVING
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
5 August 2008
The head of a large new Government transport bureaucracy promises to make it easier for local councils to apply for funding assistance, through stronger "partnerships" to keep New Zealand moving. More>
WALKERS CALL FOR MORE CASH TO BE SPENT ON FOOTPATHS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
5 August 2008
Delegates at a national walking conference in Auckland are calling for a heftier share of infrastructure spending, after being told by Transport Minister Annette King, that pedestrians are good for the economy. More>
COST OVERRUN ALMOST DERAILED BIG PROJECT
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
4 August 2008
Rail agency On Track says it was close to abandoning a major Auckland project - a 1.1km trench through New Lynn - before controlling a threatened $50 million cost blowout. More>
ANGRY ARC BOSS ACCUSES AA OF SABOTAGE
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
4 August 2008
Auckland Regional Council Chairman Mike Lee is accusing the Automobile Association of trying to sabotage the $1 billion rail electrification drive. More>
GIANT UNDERGROUND STATION PART OF NEW MID-TOWN RAIL PLAN
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
1 August 2008
Plans for an underground railway station bigger than Britomart are part of an inner-Auckland tunnel project being investigated by the Government and regional authorities. More>
WHEELS OF BURDEN
John McCrone - Weekend Press
26 July 2008
But these days the highways seems so clogged with milk tankers, gravel trucks, container lorries, delivery vans and tradesmen's utes that as often as not, you are out for a duck. More>
HIRINI STREET PORT ACCESS OPENING
Jim Anderton - Government Press Release
24 July 2008
This realignment project stands in a wider transport context. Since 1999, after years of neglect, annual investment in land transport has gone from $1 billion to $2.75 billion. More>
BYPASS BRIDGE A WINNER
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
24 July 2008
Two main bridges - including a sweeping arched structure across the Waikato River at Wairakei - will be built at the top end of Taupo's eastern highway bypass. More>
TAURANGA RAIL-CRASH RATE WORST IN NORTH ISLAND
Reon Suddaby - Bay of Plenty Times
23 July 2008
Tauranga has recorded the highest number of railway level crossing colissions in the North Island during the past five years and the head of rail infrastructure agency Ontrack says the city's position at the end of a busy freight line may be a factor. More>
START DATE FOR BYPASS
The Dominion Post
23 July 2008
Construction of Taupo's $110 million eastern bypass is set to start in November. More>
FERRY LOADING SAFETY PART OF $80M REVAMP
Kerry Williamson - The Dominion Post
23 July 2008
Urgent safety concerns at the Wellington and Picton interislander ferry terminals will be fixed as part of a five-year, $80.2 million KiwiRail upgrade rubber-stamped by Cabinet. More>
$26M TO RENEW TRANZ ALPINE
Dan Eaton - The Press
23 July 2008
The South Island's Tranz Alpine railway is to get a facelift worth nearly $26 million - the first step in a major upgrade of the country's train services. More>
GOVERNMENT TAKES FIRST STEPS IN KIWIRAIL UPGRADE
Press Release: New Zealand Government - Scoop
Hon Dr Michael Cullen, Minister of Finance
22 July 2008
Improvements for Auckland and Wellington commuter services and a major overhaul of the Tranz Scenic service are part of a five year, $80.2 million investment in rail infrastructure announced by Finance
Minister Michael Cullen today. More>
HARBOUR BRIDGE'S STEEL TAKES FAST TRACK TO WELDERS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
22 July 2008
Auckland's newest railway line has an electric train - but it runs through the belly of the harbour bridge and takes no passengers. More>
BUSINESS GROUPS WELCOME ROADING REVIEW
Press Release: Local Government Forum - Scoop
21 July 2008
The Minister of Transport's announcement for a comprehensive independent review into the allocation of roading costs will be welcomed by the business community says Don Nicholson, chairman of the Local Government Forum. More>
COST OF TRAIN WORK ALARMS LOCAL BODY POLITICIANS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
17 July 2008
Auckland transport politicians are alarmed that their region's share of the almost $1.9 billion of rail improvements will be at least five times higher than the local cost of upgrading Wellington's trains. More>
MP WANTS NEW TRAIN-TRIP TO KEEP GOING NORTH
Northern Advocate - New Zealand Herald
16 July 2008
With the price of petrol continuing to soar, Green MP Keith Locke wants the Auckland-to-Whangarei passenger rail service re-opened as an alternative to road travel. More>
AGENDA INTERVIEWS TREVOR MALLARD
Transcript courtesy of TV One and Agenda - Scoop
14 July 2008
Last week the ANZ Economist Cameron Bagrie went on the attack claiming the government had increased the number of back office civil servants by so much they were now costing a billion dollars a year more than they did when Helen Clark took office. More>
LOCAL RAIL INPUT ATTACKED
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
14 July 2008
A Government suggestion that new locomotives may be assembled locally for KiwiRail has been panned by the National Party but backed by the political head of Auckland's rail upgrade. More>
GULLY FUNDING SHORTFALL 'TO GET WORSE'
Kerry Williamson - The Dominion Post Weekend
12 July 2008
A $600 million shortfall that needs to be found before bulldozers can move on Transmission Gully will continue to grow the longer the highway remains on the drawing board. More>
FAULTLINE TO BE CROSSED BY EMBANKMENT
The Dominion Post Weekend
12 July 2008
The designers of the new Transmission Gully route have "found" the Ohariu Fault almost down to the centimetre, but say its risks can be mitigated through design. More>
CHEAPER, SAFER AND GREENER
Kerry Williamson - The Dominion Post
11 July 2008
A new slimmed down Transmission Gully route will have one fewer interchange, create fewer environmental problems and be less prone to earthquake damage, while saving $275 million. More>
TRANSIT UNFAZED BY HEAVEY BUSES
Phoebe Falconer - New Zealand Herald
10 July 2008
Transit New Zealand plans to stop trucks over 13 tones using the Harbour Bridge clip-ons. More>
MOVING BYPASS A STEP CLOSER
Colin Patterson - The Dominion Post
8 July 2008
A proposal to shift Wellington's inner-city bypass to make way for a national war memorial park has overcome a major hurdle. More>
USER CHARGES SEND WRONG MESSAGE TO EFFICIENT CARS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
7 July 2008
Car makers say the Government has missed an opportunity to give "green" diesel vehicles a greater edge over gas-guzzlers be re-tuning road-user charges. More>
COUNTRY TAKEN FOR ANOTHER TRAIN RIDE
David Grimmond - The Dominion Post Weekend
5 July 2008
Who really benefits from rail and ferry purchase? For a mere $708 million (or about $165 each) we all took proud ownership this week of one slightly used rail and ferry network. More>
SEVERE DELAYS IN GETTING TO WORK
Juliet Rowan - New Zealand Herald
4 July 2008
Police are warning of severe delays in major centres as truckies protest the Government's sudden increase in road-user charges. More>
NATS ATTACK NEW FUEL TAX
Audrey Young - New Zealand Herald
4 July 2008
National attacked the Government yesterday over increased road-user charges and a law passed last night allowing regional fuel taxes to fund large capital projects - but wont say it would undo them. More>
ROAD RAGE
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
4 July 2008
Annette King agrees to look at charges with truckies. More>
THIRD READING, LAND TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT BILL
Government Press Release
3 July 2008
I move that the Land Transport Management Amendment Bill be read a third time. More>
PM SAYS TOLL THREATENED RAIL CLOSURES
The Press
3 July 2008
The Government's buy-back of the rail system stopped Toll Holdings from shutting passenger and freight lines across the country, including the Coastal Express between Christchurch and Picton. More>
HEAVY TRUCKS BANNED FROM BRIDGE CLIP-ON LANES
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
3 July 2008
Heavy trucks will be banned next month from both Auckland Harbour Bridge northbound clip-on lanes as hundreds of tones of steel are loaded on to safeguard the transport lifeline. More>
LAW PUTS CURB ON FUEL TAX INCREASES
Tracy Watkins - The Dominion Post
3 July 2008
A law change paving the way for regional taxes of up to 10c a litre should go through today - but local councils' powers to introduce sudden fuel increases have been curbed. More>
TRANSIT WHIPS COVERS OFF MAJOR PLANS
John Cousins - Bay of Plenty Times
2 July 2008
Passing lanes and widening State Highway 2 past Bethlehem Shops are the only major new roading projects getting ready to kick-off between Tauranga and Athenree. More>
ROCK SUPPLY FEARS FOR ROUTE
Jon Hoyle - Waikato Times
2 July 2008
Failure to ensure adequate local supplies of gravel and rock could lead to a significant cost blowout to the $1 billion plus Transmission Gully roading project, quarry lobbyists say. More>
ROAD USER CHARGES INCREASE
Annette King - Government Press Release
30 June 2008
KIWIRAIL LAUNCH
Helen Clark - Government Press Release
30 June 2008
SOUTHERN MOTORWAY EXTENSION A PRIORITY
The Press
2 July 2008
Chrsitchurch's Southern Motorway extension remains a priority for the region in Transit New Zealand's latest roading plan. More>
ALL ABOARD FOR KIWIRAIL
Colin Espiner - The Press
2 July 2008
The Government plans to spend millions more on it's new state-owned rail network, yet South Island commuters look likely to miss out on any benefits in the short term. More>
KIWI RAIL COSTS MUST BE VISIBLE
New Zealand Herald
2 July 2008
When Government announced an agreement in May to repurchase the railway much remained to be decided. More>
SIGNAL FAILURE OVER RAIL PROFIT
Fran O'Sullivan - New Zealand Herald
2 July 2008
The initial price has risen to $690 million and tough revenue targets are needed. More>
BETTER TRAIN SERVICE TIPPED FOR AUCKLAND
Brooke Donovan - New Zealand Herald
2 July 2008
Auckland commuters can look forward to more trains and better service when New Zealand's newly renationalised railway hits full steam, but exactly how that will happen is still unclear. More>
GOVT: WE PAID TOP DOLLAR FOR RAIL
Audrey Young - New Zealand Herald
2 July 2008
Cullen reveals that $690m payout will be only the start of the bills. More>
ONTRACK'S PLANS 'DERAILING'
The Dominion Post
2 July 2008
Government rail network operator Ontrack needs to upgrade it's plans and systems before it embarks on an overhaul of the railway tracks, an auditor-general's report says. More>
STATE OUTLAY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT GOES UP 24%
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
1 July 2008
Government spending on public transport will rise 24 per cent in the next 12 months. More>
TRAINS NOW CALLED KIWIRAIL
Vernon Small - The Dominion Post
1 July 2008
Rail and ferry services, to be rebranded KiwiRail, will return to taxpayer hands today at a ceremony at Wellington railway station that will also unveil the new corporate colours. More>
COUNCIL PONDERS $11M TRAM PROJECT
Charlie Gates - Weekend Press
28 June 2008
The Christchurch tourist tram network could more than double under controversial plans being considered by the city council that would cost as much as $11 million. More>
GOVT $6M TO HELP GET CONTAINER TRAFFIC OFF ROADS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
27 June 2008
Finance Minister Michael Cullen is offering Auckland $6 million to get more shipping containers off the region's roads, and on to trains. More>
INFRATIL, NZ SUPER BUILD STAKE UP IN 'UNDERVALUED' AIRPORT
Liam Dann - New Zealand Herald
27 June 2008
The New Zealand Superfund and investment company Infratil - which invests on its behalf - have lifted their combined stake in Auckland International Airport above 10 per cent, the threshold which would enable them to block any future buyers aiming to make full takeover bids. More>
TIME TO CHOOSE THE ROAD TO TAKE
The Dominion Post
25 June 2008
It is surely not coincidence that the Government has announced a significant advance in the Transmission Gully saga just months out from an election. More>
LEADERS SEE GULLY FUNDING HURDLES
Anna Chalmers - The Dominion Post
25 June 2008
Despite the Government's securing a cheaper route for Tansmission Gully, the inland highway still has big funding hurdles to overcome, regional leaders say. More>
GULLY HIGHWAY BREAKTHROUGH
Tracy Watkins and Dave Burgess - The Dominion Post
24 June 2008
A $1 billion proposal to ease congestion along Wellington's coastal commuter belt has passed a crucial hurdle with new plans for Transmission Gully getting the Government's green light. More>
COSTS BALLOON FOR WESTERN RAILWAY TRIAL
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
24 June 2008
Auckland Regional Council leaders are defending their allocation of scarce transport funds to a trial Helensville rail service, even though the cost of building temporary platforms has doubled. More>
BITUMEN COST
Weekend Press
21 June 2008
Waimate - International demand for bitumen has hit the cost of resealing New Zealand roads. More>
EXTRA $400M NEEDED FOR RAIL, SAYS ONTRACK
The Dominion Post Weekend
21 June 2008
State-owned rail track company Ontrack says it will need a further $400 million over five years to bring the tracks up to speed. More>
CLEAR DAYS HOLD UP VIADUCT PROJECT
Mathew Dearnley - New Zealand Herald
16 June 2008
Fast progress on other big projects due to good weather means money is now tight. More>
MAKE HASTE OR ELECTRIC TRAINS
New Zealand Herald
16 June 2008
Increased spending on rail has prompted an impressive surge in patronage by Aucklanders. More>
HIGHWAY MOVE TO COST TOWN $61M
David Williams - Weekend Press
14 June 2008
The Queenstown Lakes District Council plans to spend $61 million shifting the state highway from the centre of Queenstown. More>
FLASH BACK TO GAS
Jon Hoyle - The Dominon Post Weekend
14 June 2008
As the price of petrol rockets, some people are converting their vehicles to run on lpg. But the move may not be worth the expense. More>
NEW RAIL BRIDGE BECOMES CONCRETE
Waikato Times
13 June 2008
More than 700cu m of concrete was poured for the base of the new rail overbridge at the revamp Rifle Range Road roundabout on Wednesday. More>
DOUBT OVER FUEL TAXES CUTS CASH FOR TRAINS
Mathew Dearnley - New Zealand Herald
13 June 2008
Uncertainty over new fuel-tax legislation is forcing Auckland Regional Council to prepare for a possible public transport future without electric train. More>
DESIGNATION SOUGHT OVER MOTORWAY LAND DESPITE OPPOSITION
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
5 June 2008
Transit NZ's board resolved yesterday to seek a designation over land for a $1.89 billion pair of motorway tunnels through Waterview in Auckland, despite last-minute please from community speakers to back off. More>
ECAN CHUFFED WITH CASH FOR TRANSPORT PLAN
The Press
23 May 2008
The Government's Budget support for Canturbury's massive 10-year regional transport plan is being highlighted as part of its "record investment" in keeping the country moving. More>
TRANSIT LOOKS AGAIN AT THE PLAN FOR $330M UNDERGROUND LINK
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
22 May 2008
Transit NZ is re-examining its $330 million Victoria Park motorway tunnel project in Auckland to ensure compatability with deeper excavations for a possible new $4 billion Waitemata Harbour crossing. More>
RUSH-HOUR CUT MAY FUEL COSTS
Charlie Gates and Colin Espliner - The Press
16 May 2008
A multimillion-dollar funding package will cut rush-hour traffic on Canterbury roads over the next decade, but drivers could be stung at the fuel pumps to help pay for the upgrades. More>
TAKEN FOR A RIDE
Andrew Janes - The Dominion Post
10 May 2008
Moving large amounts of freight off the roads and on to rail could take more than $1.5 billion, not just the $665 million the Government shelled out on Monday. More>
APPLICATION FOR TUNNEL ON ITS WAY
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
8 May 2008
Auckland City has been told to expect a land designation application next month for a $1 billion central city "loop" rail tunnel between Britomart and Mt Eden via Karangahape Rd. More>
NEW BRIDGE FOR COROMANDEL IN 2011
Juliet Rowan - New Zealand Herald
7 May 2008
Transit is promising to begin construction of a new bridge to re[lace the Coromandel's 80-year-old Kopu Bridge - but not until mid-2011. More>
BILLION-DOLLAR BUYBACK
Vernon Small - The Dominion Post
6 May 2008
Taxpayers face a bill of more than $1 billion to buy back rail and ferrry operations once urgently needed investment in new tracks and trains is added. More>
BRIDGE PROJECT ON TRACK, AND STAGE ONE IS EVEN UNDER BUDGET
Juliet Rowan - New Zealand Herald
5 May 2008
Aucklanders tend to scoff at the idea of Tauranga having traffic problems, but residents of the sunny Bay of Plenty city are anxiously awaiting the day their new harbour bridge is finished. More>
PETROL TAX U-TURN LOOMS
Martin Kay - Dominion Post
5 May 2008
The Government is poised to change or delay its flagship emissions trading scheme as voters face increased petrol, power and food costs in the run up to the election. More>
$4B FOUR-TUNNEL PROJECT PREFERRED OPTION FOR HARBOUR
Matthew Dearnaley - Weekend Herald
3 May 2008
Officials say deep underground proposal would be less disruptive than 'cut and cover' structures. More>
TOLL PROJECT NEEDS MORE GOVT MONEY
Matthew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
1 May 2008
Transit NZ is seeking more government funds to complete Auckland's controversial $365 million toll road between Orewa and Puhoi. More>
SUPPORT FOR EXTRA CITY ROAD TIUNNELS
Anna Chalmers - The Dominion Post
30 April 2008
Wellington residents support duplicating Mt Victoria and the Terrace tunnels to ease traffic congestion, but costs may rule it out. More>
RACE TO IMPROVE TRANSPORT NETWORK
Mark Ford - New Zealand Herald
28 April 2008
Environment and oil prices are pushing the issue of a consolidated network. More>
SOARING PRICES PUT NEW FUEL TAX AT RISK
Kerry Williamson - The Dominion Post
24 April 2008
Extra levy would be 'extremely unpopular' councils warned. More>
SURVEY DRIVING ON AHEAD
Waikato Times
23 April 2008
The first stage of the largest traffic survey in the Waikato has been completed to see how $4.4 billion in transport funding will be spent over the next decade. More>
MULITPLE TUNNELS TOP OPTION TO CROSS HARBOUR
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
22 April 2008
Officials scouting new routes across Auckland's Waitemata Harbour are recommending separate tunnels for general traffic and for buses or trains. More>
FIRST STAGE OF $17M KERIKERI PROJECT NEARS COMPLETION
Tony Gee - New Zealand Herald
22 April 2008
The first stage in a $17 million project to help protect New Zealand's oldest buildings from flooding will be completed in June when a new 1.6km road in Kerikeri is opened to public traffic. More>
PUBLIC GET NO SAY ON WATERSIDE SKYSCRAPER
Bernard Orsman - New Zealand Herald
22 April 2008
The world's biggest shopping centre owner, Westfield, plans to build a 41-storey skyscraper on its Downtown site at the bottom of Queen Street. More>
CASH ONE OF SEVERAL TOLL-PAYING OPTIONS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
21 April 2008
About one-third of the fee will go towards administration, the rest to pay off a loan. More>
PUTTING THE BRAKES ON RUSH HOUR
Kerry Williamson - The Dominion Post
18 April 2008
Motorists could be stung with a charge for entering and leaving downtown Wellington during rush hour, in an ambitious proposal to boost transport use. More>
REGIONAL BODY SUPPORTS FUEL TAX
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
17 April 2008
Auckland's over-arching transport strategy body is backing a special fuel tax for electric trains and other public transport needs, despite being warned that revenue might shrink if petrol prices plummet. More>
GROUPS CALL FOR THREE-LANE TUNNELS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
17 April 2008
Business and motoring organisations are pushing for wider motorway tunnels than the $1.89 billion twin set which Transit NZ is proposing for Waterview on Auckland's western ring route. More>
RAILWAY STATION PLANS TO GO ON HOLD
Kay Blundell - The Dominion Post
15 April 2008
Promised new railway stations for Raumati South and Lindale have been put on hold while Waikanae and Paraparaumu stations are upgraded. More>
ROAD TOLLING REJECTED FOR $1.9b TUNNEL
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
10 April 2008
ARC supports motorway mega-project but rules out drivers paying for final link. More>
$230m BRIDGE TO SHOWCASE CITY IN 2011
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
10 April 2008
Manukau Harbour crossing to be built in time for Rugby World Cup. More>
'ALLIANCE' FOR ROAD UPKEEP
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
31 March 2008
Auckland City is leading the country in radical new contracting arrangements for tens of millions of dollars of annual road maintenance work. More>
TAXES AND ROADS 'KEY TO PLANS FOR REGION'S GROWTH'
The Dominion Post
28 March 2008
The aim of doubling the region's exports will happen only once rates, taxes, infrastructure and climate policy are sorted out, Wellington Chamber of Commerce chief exectutive Charles Finney says. More>
WHENUAPAI ROW GOING TO THE TOP
Wayne Thompson - New Zealand Herald
27 March 2008
Waitakere City Council's staunch campaign for commercial flights at Whenuapai Airbase will be raised with the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Auckland Governance as a weakness in the system. More>
TUNNELLING COST DERAILS TRAIN LINE EXTENSION
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
27 March 2008
Ambitions of extending a $70 million branch railway line into the centre of Manukau City have been cooled by steep tunnelling costs for an underground station. More>
$175M POWER WINDFALL MAY BUY BACK RAIL
Paula Oliver - New Zealand Herald
26 March 2008
Cullen says Meridian's special dividend could buy 'trains and boats and planes'. More>
TRAFFIC REVAMP FOR WORLD CUP
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
25 March 2008
Airport route to city could mean big changes around Royal Oak and Epsom. More>
TOLL DEFEAT OPENS WAY FOR TUNNEL
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
25 March 2008
Auckland City has dropped its opposition to road tolls, hoping for the early completion of a $1.9 billion tunnelled motorway between Mt Roskill and Waterview. More>
PETROL TAX NEEDS TO BE QUESTIONED
New Zealand Herald
24 March 2008
At the rate prices have been rising for a while, an extra 10c a litre would hardly be noticed. But the tax that the Auckland Regional Council wants to levy on petrol sales in the region from next year should not be accepted without critical scrutiny of its purpose. More>
FATAL CROSSING TO DISAPPEAR IN SH1 REALIGNMENT
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
24 March 2008
A rail level-crossing on which a couple died when their car was hit by a train will be eliminated as part of a $10.5 million highway realignment project starting this week. More>
DEARER PETROL, BUT TRAIN PAYOFF TO COME
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
20 March 2008
People in the Auckland region are being asked to take a long term view of new fuel tax. More>
FUEL TO RISE 5c FOR CUP TRANSPORT
Kim Ruscoe - The Dominion Post
20 March 2008
Aucklanders will pay an extra 5 cents a litre in petrol taxes from next year to help fund an improved public transport system in time for the Rugby World Cup. More>
TRANSPORT BODY LUKEWARM ON ARC'S NEW STATION SITE
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
14 March 2008
Auckland's public transport agency is unenthusiastic about using a multi-million-dollar land purchase by its regional council parent for a new Onehunga railway station. More>
RELIEF NEAR FOR KAPITI DRIVERS
Jenny Ling - The Dominion Post
13 March 2008
Relief is hopefully in sight for frustrated Kapiti Coast motorists, fed up with daily roading delays that have streched beyond two-and-a-half hours a trip. More>
SUPPORT GROWS FOR TRAINS TO AIR HUB
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
13 March 2008
More than 10,000 Aucklanders have signed a petition for an airport support yesterday from regional councillors. More>
RECOVERY OF RAIL MUST BE ACCELERATED
New Zealand Herald
10 March 2008
Rail patronage in Auckland has shot up from two million passenger trips a year to six million in just five years. More>
TRANSPORT AGENCY CALLS FOR ADDED INFLATION ADJUSTMENT TO FUEL TAX
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
7 March 2008
Auckland's transport agency wants to Government to add inflation adjustments to a regional fuel tax of 10c a litre intended to pay for projects such as rail electrification. More>
TRAFFIC SURVEY DRIVES AHEAD
Belinda Feek - Waikato Times
5 March 2008
The Waikato's largest traffic survey is running a week ahead of schedule as organisers press on to gather the views of 50,000 road users. More>
$1B LOOP TUNNEL PLAN TO UNLOCK BRITOMART
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
5 March 2008
Home to city in 30 minutes for 400,000 people if rail proposal is approved. More>
ANGER OVER WAIKATO EXPRESSWAY DOWNGRADE
Belinda Feek - Waikato Times
4 March 2008
Land Transport New Zealand's proposal to downgrate two sections of the Waikato Expressway was thrown back in its face after a meeting with district officials in Hamilton yesterday. More>
TRANSPORT'S BIG LEAP FORWARD WAITING ON LAW
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
3 March 2008
The first stage of Auckland's rail upgrade - the $600 million Project Dart - is a quantum leap in infrastructure improvements, mainly along the western line. More>
INCENTIVE TO GO EXPLORING
James Weir - The Dominion Post
1 March 2007
World oil prices reached an all time high this week, at more than US$102 a barrel, just beating the inflation-adjusted peak hit in 1980 during the oil shock of the time. More>
ANOTHER PROJECT MUSCLES IN ON FLYOVER FUNDING
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
21 February 2008
Councillors alarmed by Land Transport request for reallocation of resources. More>
COMPANIES BACK PLAN FOR TUNNELS IN CAPITAL
Emily Watt - The Dominion Post Weekend
9 February 2008
As six environmental groups join forces to lobby against building more roads, Wellington businesses have given "overwhelming support" for a $250 million plan for more tunnels to solve the city's traffic chaos. More>
$2.3 BILLION TOLL TUNNEL TIPPED FOR M-WAY LINK
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
7 February 2008
Details of the country's most expensive transport project by far will be announced by Minister of Finance Michael Cullen today. More>
THE DARING BUSWAY INVESTMENT
New Zealand Herald
6 February 2008
Auckland's northern busway, which opened this week, is a daring investment by Transit New Zealand. More>
SEAMLESS PASS IS JUST THE TICKET FOR COMMUTERS ON NORTHERN BUSWAY
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
1 February 2008
Bus passengers will be offered the run of North Shore City - and beyond - on single, time-based tickets when the bulk of Auckland's $300 million Northern Busway begins operations on Sunday. More>
DRIVERS WARNED OF DANGEROUS ROADS
Collin Patterson - The Dominiom Post
28 January 2008
Roads from Raetihi to Wanganui and Napier to Takapau have been identified as the two most dangerous state highways in central New Zealand. More>
GULLY ROUTE ON SHAKY GROUND
Kay Blundell- - The Dominion Post
28 January 2008
Lost faultline putting inland highway at risk. More>
'HIGHWAY OF DEATH' REGION'S DEADLIEST
Warwick Rasmussen - Waikato Times
28 January 2008
A section of Waikato state highway dubbed the "highway of death" is officially the region's deadliest stretch of road. More>
NZ'S MOST DANGEROUS HIGHWAYS
Esther Harward - Sunday Star Times
27 January 2008
Authorities have identified the country's 32 most dangerous highways in a new bid to reduce deaths and injuries on the roads. More>
ARC TO SEAL DEAL ON STATION SITE
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
15 February 2008
Auckland Regional Council is spending several million dollars on a potential site for a long-awaited railway station at Onehunga. More>
$460M BYPASS MAY START IN 2 YEARS
John Cousins - Bay of Plenty Times
14 January 2008
Construction of the $460m Tauranga Eastern Motorway to Paengaroa will start in two years if the project can avoid getting mired in controversy. More>
MARSDE PT RAIL LINK MOVES A STEP CLOSER
New Zealand Herald
28 December 2007
The next step towards a long-awaited rail link to Marsden Pt has started, with submissions opening on a planned joint venture between Northland Regional Council and rail company Ontract to secure land for the rail corridor. More>
FLEET OF DIGGERS MOVE IN TO START SINKING TRACKS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
28 December 2007
Work on the country's biggest rail project since much of the North Island main truck line was electrified in the 1980s got off to a ripping start in Auckland yesterday. More>
TRADITIONAL TRAFFIC DELAYS STILL IRRITATE
Greer McDonald - The Dominion Post
28 December 2007
It has become as traditional as Christmas pudding and presents - the long delays on State Highway 1 north of Wellington, borne by frustrated motorists. More>
HILLSBOROUGH RD OVERBRIDGE OPENS TOMORROW
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
27 December 2007
Crossing a 'critical milestone' in push to finish east-west motorway by mid - 2009. More>
ONTRACK EYES MORE DEALS
The Press
24 December 2007
State-owned railtrack operator Ontrack is exploring opportunities to get more funding from business for the reail network. More>
ROAD WIDENING TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER WORLD CUP
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
21 December 2007
The project is not essential so is ideal for deferral in city concil's cutbacks. More>
KYOTO SETS IN TRAIN A TRANSPORT REVOLUTION
Graeme Hunt - New Zealand Herald
19 December 2007
Changes in the transport sector won't just hit motorists in the pocket. They will affect the cars people drive and the fuel they use. More>
NEWMARKET BUS CORRIDOR PROJECT GETS GO-AHEAD
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
14 December 2007
Auckland Citys proposed $40 million-plus bus corridor to Newmarket has survived a change of political guard with a decsion to award a contract for the bulk of the project. More>
LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE MOTOR VEHICLE MAY LEAD TO ROAD CHARGES
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
12 December 2007
Transport officials say Auckland must look carefully at how to stay competitive. More>
MORE FREQUENT COMMUTER SERVICES PROMISED WHEN BUSWAY TRIAL ENDS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
11 December 2007
Auckland's public transport agency promises higher-frequency bus services when the $295 million Northern Busway graduates with its full road licence in February, after a trial which began at the weekend. More>
INNER-CITY CORRIDOR TAKES PRIORITY
The Dominion Post
11 December 2007
There's no disputing the desirability of a four-lane highway linking Wellington and the rest of the North Island. More>
FUEL TAX NOT A RUNNER, YET
Waikato Times
8 December 2007
It took several days, but it appears Waikato motorists need not hold immediate fears that they are about to be whatcked with an extra 10c per litre of fuel. More>
TUNNELS MAY COME AT COST OF GULLY ROUTE
Kerry Williamson - The Dominion Post
7 December 2007
The $955 million Transmission Gully project could face a funding battle with ambitious - and expensive - plans to solve central Wellington's traffic chaos. More>
PUBLIC ONLY BRIDGE NOT REAL WORLD, SAY TRUCKIES
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
6 December 2007
Freight carriers are worried they may have to keep trundling over a "creaking" Auckland Harbour Bridge for decades if another crossing is built for public transport only. More>
LINK PUTS WEST'S COMMUTERS IN FAST LANE
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
6 December 2007
Relief in the shape of a new motorway is at hand for drivers sick of inching along a two-lane ridge road to get between Auckland's western and northern quadrants. More>
MT VIC NEEDS SECOND TUNNEL, URGES MAYOR
Kerry Williamson - The Dominion Post
6 December 2007
An ambitious $250 million plan to build new tunnels beneath Mt Victoria and The Terrace is being pushed as a solution to Wellington's traffic woes. More>
NORTH SHORE BOSSES WANT TUNNEL LINK
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
5 December 2007
North Shore City leaders want the next Waitemata Harbour transport crossing to be a tunnel rather than a bridge. More>
WATCHING THE TRAFFIC GO ROUND
New Zealand Herald
5 December 2007
As the population grows so does the congestion on the roads. Transport management has become high-priority for Albany Development. More>
BENEFITS OF BUYING RAIL NOT CLEAR
New Zealand Herald
5 December 2007
Should the Government buy back the railway business? The question arises seriously with the news that the Australian operator, Toll Holdings, has been unable to make the business afford the rent the Treasury wants for use of the tracks. More>
BATTLE OVER KEY LANE AS NORTHERN BUSWAY OPENS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
5 December 2007
Right turn may slow buses but Transit says lane may be kept open till resealing is complete. More>
RAILWAYS MIGHT BE RETURNED
Tracy Watkins - The Dominion Post
5 December 2007
The Government is moving cliser to buying back the railways and Cook Strait ferry services. More>
10C FUEL TAX ON WAY
Martin Tiffany - Waikato Times
4 December 2007
A fuel tax is seen as the way to fast - track proects to iprove the region's roads. The push came on the day yet another person died on Waikato roads. More>
$245M REVAMP IN ROAD AND RAIL PLAN
Robyn Bristow - The Press
4 December 2007
Rail and road transport needs are given a shake-up in a long-awaited study that has been approved by the Selwyn District Council. More>
TRAINS SALE ON THE CARDS
New Zealand Herald
4 December 2007
Speculation that the Government is considering buying train operator Toll New Zealand has resurfaced, and the Government says this is one of several options still open. More>
'X' MARKS THE SPOT FOR NEW HARBOUR CROSSING
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
3 December 2007
Officials epect to announce location of their chosen landing point by March. More>
'FIRST STEP' FOR $120M RAIL LINK
New Zealand Herald
29 November 2007
NRC and Ontrack hope Marsden Pt partnership will eventually lead to hook-up with Auckland. More>
END IN SIGHT FOR COMMUTERS' WOES
New Zealand Herald
29 November 2007
The setting-up work ha begun, and construction starts early next year. More>
BRIDGE CONSENTS SAVED BY A WHISKER
New Zealand Herald
28 November 2007
Resource consents for Coromandel's new $41 million Kopu Bridge had gathered dust for the past five years and only a last-minute reprieve has prevented them from lapsing. More>
COASTAL SHIPPING SEEN AS GREEN
Alan Wood - The Press
23 November 2007
Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) has backed coastal shipping as a green option for New Zealand. More>
TRAIN DEAL HAS OPTION FOR 13 MORE
Hank Schouten - The Dominion Post
14 November 2007
Wellington rail commuters could get more new trains than expected in a $210 million contract signed by Greater Wellington regional council. More>
$210M RAIL JOB GETS 'GO'
The Dominion Post - Kerry Williamson
13 November 2007
A LONG-AWAITED $210 million deal for new electric trains will be signed today, just as commuter numbers using Wellington's rail network hit record highs. More>
BID TO GET EARLY ELECTRIC TRAINS
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
9 November 2007
Auckland's public transport agency has spelled out to rail industry suppliers its hope of introducing electric trains two years earlier than a Government target. More>
WOODEND BACKS EASTERN BYPASS
Warren Gamble - The Press
7 November 2007
Woodend residents strongly favour an eastern bypass instead of widening the main road through the town, a transit survey has found. More>
QUICK WORK PUTS BUSES ON FAST TRACK
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
7 November 2007
Buses are likely to have their own two lane road beside Auckland's Northern Motorway before Christmas as a $295 million rapid-transit project races to completion. More>
CYCLISTS' LANES ON TRACK DESPITE SOME RESISTANCE
New Zealand Herald
7 November 2007
Cycle lanes will start going in along Mt Albert in Auckland today, despite opposition from residents upset at losing some parking. More>
COASTAL SHIPPING PLAN WELCOMED
New Zealand Herald
7 November 2007
The Maritime Union of New Zealand has welcomed the Government's draft coastal shipping strategy which aims to have at least 30 per cent of all inter-regional freight carried by coastal shipping by 2040.
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AMBITIOUS DESIGN FOR RAIL JUNCTION
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
1 November 2007
Newmarket location will happily cater for pedestrians, buses and travellers. More>
NORTHLAND PORT SEES BIG FUTURE
New Zealand Herald
30 October 2007
The Government is on board with the long-talked-about idea that Marsden Point will become a major container port with an all-important rail line inland, according to Northland Port Corporation chairman Mike Daniel. More>
AIRPORT GOES FOR A NEW LOOK
Kim Ruscoe - The Dominion Post Weekend
27 October 2007
Rugby fans flying into New Zealand for the 2011 World Cup series will be treated to a multi million-dollar all-Kiwi experience when they land at a soon-to-be-souped-up Auckland International Airport.More>
CYCLISTS AND WALKERS WAY GET TO USE BRIDGE
Mathew Dearnaley - Weekend Herald
27 October 2007
Cyclists and pedestrians may realise their dream of crossing the Auckland Harbour Bridge - as a spinoff from a $45 million project to strengthen its two 'clip-ons". More>
TRAFFIC STRETCHES CLIP-ON LANES
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
26 October 2007
Visit to under carriage shows how much outer bridge is bending under pressure. More>
HARBOUR HIGHWAY STEPS UP A GEAR
John Cousins - Bay of Plenty Times
25 October 2007
Construction of Tauranga's $135 million four-lane expressway to Mount Maunganui enters an exciting new phase next week with the boring of the project's first permanent piles. More>
ELECTIRC TRAINS LOOM FROM PLANNING HAZE
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
24 October 2007
Auckland's regional leadership has big plans for electric trains to be ready for the 2011 Rugby World Cup - but just how 60,000 fans will converge on Eden Park remains sketchy. More>
MOTORISTS TO PAY FOR TRANSPORT UPGRADES
Martin Kay - The Dominion Post
19 October 2007
Motorists face paying an extra 10 cents a litre for petrol from July to fund road and rail projects as the Government moves to allow regional fuel taxes. More>
NORTH SHORE'S NEW MAYOR SAYS NO TO AIRPORT, YES TO HARBOUR TUNNEL
Wayne Thompson - New Zealand Herald
18 October 2007
Andrew Williams is the new Mayor of North Shore City. The 48-year-old unseated three-term mayor George Wood in one of the upset results of the local elections. More>
BRIDGE: NOW ITS WINDS CAUSING WORRIES
Martin Johnston - New Zealand Herald
16 October 2007
Extreme winds have emerged as a potentially greatly risk to Auckland harbour bridge than previously though - just as Transit New Zealand seeks to quell fears that the vital structures clip-on lanes could fail. More>
TRANSIT CLAIMS ENGINEERS' REPORT BACKS ITS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
New Zealand Herald
15 October 2007
Cheif Exective of Transit New Zealand, Rick Van Barneveld, says that the traffic mangement and upgrade planned by Transit has been backed by Beca's engineers report which surfaced in the Herald on Sunday. More>
CALL FOR 'CLEAR STATEMENT' ON BRIDGE SAFETY
The Dominion Post
15 October 2007
Following the Herald on Sundays article of the engineers report on Auckland's harbour bridge, calls from Auckland business groups for a 'clear statement' on the safety of the bridge have been made. More>
ENGINEERS REPORT WARNS OF "CATASTROPHIC FAILURE ON BRIDGE
Jared Savage - Herald on Sunday
14 October 2007
An official engineers report written less than a year ago has highlighted alarming issues for the Auckland harbour bridge. More>
TRANSFIELDS EXPANSION
New Zealand Herald
10 October 2007
Expansion of Australian company Transfield Services in Nroth Island roading construction has taken over McBreen Jenkins Construction for $24.2 million. More>
NO IMPROVEMENT TO CRAWLING AUCKLAND TRAFFIC
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
10 October 2007
Despite improvements to the Auckland roading network, average speeds are still lower that previous years. More>
FAST TRACKING OF THE HARBOUR BRIDGE STRENGTHENING WORK
Mathew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
9 October 2007
Transit NZ has restructured its 10 year state highway forecast to enable funding of work on the Auckland Harbour bridge work. More>
$370 SOUGHT FOR ROADING PROJECTS
Beck Eleven - The Press
26 September 2007
Shortfalls in the funding of transport in Canterbury has prompted regional politicians to ask government to fund the $370 million gap. Growing populations and increasing traffic congestion makes the transport upgrade necessary. More>
AIR NZ EYEING PARAPARUMU AIRPORT
Roeland van den Bergh - Dominion Post
15 September 2007
Air New Zealand says it is evaluating its domestic services using Paraparaumu airport, in a move which appears to be aimed at increasing pressure on Wellington International Airport. More>
ARC DESPAIRS AS BIG SUBSIDIES FAIL TO DRIVE UP USE OF BUSES
Matthew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
13 September 2007
Patronage on publicly-subsidised Auckland buses is showing a glimmer of recovery after three years of decline, but not enough to satisfy regional council paymasters. More>
ORDERS FOR 40 ELECTRIC TRAINS ON TRACK
Matthew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
13 September 2007
Auckland transport planners hope to place an order for about 40 electric trains as early as next year, even though funding is far from being secured for the project. More>
AIR NELSON BOOST AS DEMAND SOARS
Tina Law - The Press
12 September 2007
Air Nelson is boosting its regional fleet because of rising popularity of flying to New Zealand's provincial centres. More>
EAST ROUTE NEXT PRIORITY
Matthew Dearnaley - NZ Herald
12 September 2007
A call for a $3 billion tunnel to the east of Auckland's central business district by Auckland Regional Council, is to be considered a priority for the next traffic crossing of Waitemata harbour. More>
TRANSIT URGED TO RETHINK LANDMARK MOVE
Matthew Dearnaley - New Zealand Herald
11 September 2007
Transit NZ is being urged to overcome technical obstacles and allow a landmark western gateway to central Auckland to be developed over a motor way tunnel beneath Victoria Park. More>
DOMESTIC AIRLINE IN NZ STILL ON AGENDA
Alan Wood - The Press
11 September 2007
Jetstar Airways remains committed to starting a New Zealand domestic airline despite being beaten to the punch by Sir Richard Branson's Pacific Blue. More>
TRANSPORT DOCUMENT AVAILABLE
Dominion Post
04 September 2007
Plans for a $4 million revamp of Wellington regional transport are now available to the public. The Regional Land Transport Strategy outlines $2.7 billion for roading maintenance and new projects. More>
THE GREAT TRANSPORT DEBATE
Chris Gardner - Waikato Times
24 August 2007
Waikato's chief executives are united in their view that improving the roads is the top priority to improve regional economy. More>
CONGESTION TAX COULD BE HERE IN FIVE YEARS
Ruth Hill - Dominion Post
27 August 2007
Wellington drivers travelling in peak hours could be hit with a "congestion tax" within the next five years after a new report states the region's woes could be solves this way. More>
NORTH SHORE TO JOIN STUDY OF HARBOUR CROSSINGS
Scoop
15 August 2007
North Shore City Council announced today it is signing on an an equal partner in the Waitemata Harbour Crossing Study. North Shore City will contribute $325,000 to the $1.3 million project. More>
TEN MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING THE WELLINGTON REGION
Dominion Post
15 August 07
The 10 most important issues facing the Wellington region that may impact on local body elections include such things as roading, infrastructure and public transport. More>
TRANSIT TO BUILD SECOND MANUKAU HARBOUR BRIDGE
Matthew Dearnaley - NZ Herald
13 August 2007
Transit NZ intends to build a second Manukau Harbour motorway crossing to ensure the main project is ready for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. More>
SUPPORT FOR NORTHLAND'S DIRECT RAIL LINK
Andrew Janes - The Press
10 August 2007
Northland's hopes of a direct rail link to its port have received the nod from Ontrack. Ontrack has agreed to designate a corridor for the 16km line. More>
CITY COUNCIL PUTS RAIL BACK ON TRACK
Bernard Orsman - NZ Herald
08 August 2007
Light rail up Queen St is again on the agend, three years after the idea was ditched by the John Banks led Auckland City Council. More>
THE ROADS THE WINNER IN GOVT TAX MOVE
Mike Houlahan - New Zealand Hearld
26 July 2007
A Government move to dedicate fuel taxes to transport spending may put Auckland roading projects into the fast lane. More>
RAIL AND BUSES GET PRIORITY
Adam Ray - Dominion Post
19 July 07
A 10 year plan to maintain and improve transport links sets rail upgrades as the number one priority in the Greater Wellington region. More>
PANMURE'S STOP TIPPED FOR RELOCATION
Matthew Dearnaley - NZ Herald
18 July 07
Panmure may get an underground railway station as part of a $1.3 billion transport package aimed to boost development in Auckland's east. More>
TRANSIT BANS LARGE TRUCKS FROM CLIP-ONS TO EXTEND LIFE OF LANES
New Zealand Herald
17 July 2007
Container trucks and all others weighing 13 tonnes or more will be banned from the two outer clip-on lanes of the Auckland Harbour Bridge from Thursday. More>
SUPPORTERS SAY NEW HARBOUR BRIDGE WILL PAY FOR ITSELF
Matthew Dearnaley - NZ Herald
12 July 07
Supporters of a sweeping new bridge across Waitemata Harbour have won support from Auckland city's transport committee for it to be added to a study of various alternative crossing options.
PUSH FOR RAPID TRANSPORT GROWTH
Mathew Dearnaley - NZ Herald
12 July 07
Auckland leaders remain keen on achieving rapid public transport growth despite Government concern that it will put Aucklanders under too much financial strain.