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National's new roads a trade-off for safety, public transport, local roading - opposition parties (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 2 months ago by purrtastic@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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"More people are going to have to rely on cars and trucks to get around because we don't have a pipeline of alternatives like rapid transit, inter-city passenger rail, public transport and safe walking and cycling in our communities”

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[–] Rangelus@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I must be confusing it with Auckland's recently cancelled project, I remember a bunch of money being spent to purchase land.

I mean, I wish they'd build shit. Total agreement here. It needs to be done, just do it!

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 months ago

You may be thinking of the cycle bridge across the harbour, they spent fifty mil or so on that, mostly on consultants.