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Ian Dalziel

Mon, 07 Apr 2014 13:13:02 +1200

One might say Alice augers well for Auckland...

Sacha

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 20:33:45 +1300

no money is available for those kinds of capital works under the current government's policy statement on transport spending

Aucklnders need to realise who is pulling the strings on this one.

Sacha

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 20:32:12 +1300

As in, down the rabbit hole she goes?

yes

Sacha

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 20:31:28 +1300

this seems kind of dumb

understatement

Carol Stewart

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 17:18:59 +1300

a huge piece of boring machinery
Is that a value judgment or a description? ;-)
Reminds me of a story, probably apocryphal, about an entry in the Yellow Pages that used to read: BORING: See Civil Engineers.

Actually, not apocryphal.

Matthew Poole

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:51:47 +1300

As I understand it there’s no provision for a bus way on the expanded NW motorway – just shoulder lanes.

Correct. NZTA weren't interested. And, of course, no money is available for those kinds of capital works under the current government's policy statement on transport spending. It's all being sucked…

Chris Werry

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 10:14:47 +1300

As I understand it there's no provision for a bus way on the expanded NW motorway – just shoulder lanes. Given the success of the North Shore busway and that the NW is planned to have major greenfields development this seems kind of dumb.

Moz

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 16:20:11 +1300

It's very gender subversive to give a huge piece of boring machinery a female name.

It'd be more subversive if it was a large piece of interesting machinery :)

Do they call the tunnel Fred?

Nah, Trev. Trev's are useful but not all there.

Robyn Gallagher

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 15:13:47 +1300

It's very gender subversive to give a huge piece of boring machinery a female name. Do they call the tunnel Fred?

Bart Janssen

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:41:23 +1300

Hopefully the neighbours won't have to live next door for 24 years.

Alec Morgan

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 11:06:56 +1300

Thanks for photos Russell and Nora, was at Kiwi Rd but moved up to Fruitvale–New Lynn, so only see the works from a car lately.

The link does make sense and will quieten down a number of suburban streets alright when operative. But; surely enough of the big roads apart…

Matthew Poole

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 09:23:06 +1300

Named by a school child in a competition. Tunnel boring machines are always given female names, and NZTA held a contest to name the TBM that we now know as Alice.

linger

Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:52:16 +1300

Alice the diggerAs in, down the rabbit hole she goes?

Nora Leggs

Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:59:04 +1300

Yup, big alright! I was going to post these on the scuplture thread, but you’ve provided a much more suitable place : ) All taken from the car.

Russell Brown

Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:22:21 +1300

And an even bigger version of the same panorama.

Russell Brown

Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:20:11 +1300

Panorama from the viewing point over the south end.

Public Address

Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:20:11 +1300

Discussion from blog post.