Could the B-EMUs be what the Manukau South Link needed? With the news Auckland Council is to commit to 17 new battery-powered Electric Multiple Units (B-EMUs) (aka the same … Continue reading Battery Powered Electric Trains to Pukekohe Marks the Return of the Manukau South Link
17 new battery/electric EMU’s to be decided This just in from the Mayor Phil Goff: COUNCIL DECISION PENDING ON NEW ELECTRIC TRAINS Auckland Council will make a decision next … Continue reading Auckland Council to Decide on New Trains to Cater for Southern Auckland Growth
Views and thoughts Last month I sent in my feedback on the Auckland Plan Refresh to Planning Committee Chair Councillor Chris Darby. The letter outlines some basic premises on … Continue reading My Feedback to the Auckland Plan Refresh
Can we do it? From Julie Ann Genter and the NZ Green Party: Greens to fast-track airport rail for America’s Cup Julie-Anne Genter MP on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 … Continue reading Greens Commit to Airport Rail by 2021
Bringing Silverware home brings new challenges Well old challenges but none-the-less what better time to start than now. Team New Zealand finally extracted its payback and is bringing … Continue reading NZ Wins America’s Cup. AIRPORT LINE CONSTRUCTION NEEDED NOW!
Another chance at an informal say Currently the Auckland (Spatial) Plan is out on targeted consultation and will be seeking formal feedback from the Local Boards from next week … Continue reading Auckland Plan Refresh: Local Boards Feedback, Another Opportunity For Your Say
Ball rolling on new Takanini Community Centre From Auckland Council: Auckland Council agrees to sell down remainder of financial asset portfolio Auckland Council’s Finance and Performance Committee today agreed … Continue reading Finance Committee Agrees to Portfolio Sell Down, Agreement for New Takanini Community Hub
Kiwi Rail Third Main Business Case might reveal more than being let on The case of the Third Main between Wiri and Otahuhu on the Southern and Eastern Lines … Continue reading The (Urban) Geography of Moving Auckland’s Inland Ports and Consequences on the East West Link and Third Main
Business Case advances, project waiting for construction Good news – well sort of! According to the Auckland Transport Board Agenda Paper for June (and linked up by Greater … Continue reading Southern Airport Line Advancing. Envisaged Completion by 2020
How the Auckland Plan might look post 2018 The Auckland Plan (The Auckland Spatial Plan) is the master document that controls all other documents set by Auckland Council. Whatever … Continue reading Auckland Plan Refresh Continues: Currently Out on Engagement
Talking Southern Auckland 