Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: You can Roughan but you just…, in reply to Matthew Poole,
Oh they must have edited it. Still in the audio they broadcast, including latest story (5 mins, audio options).
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Hard News: You can Roughan but you just…, in reply to Matthew Poole,
I never saw it in italics.
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Brownlee has not read the Auckland transport funding options report but says no, regardless.
Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee, who hasn't read the report, said a regional fuel tax, congestion charges and a road tolls as they stand would never be agreed to.
Mr Brownlee said New Zealanders won't be paying twice for roads when money has been generated through their excise duty or road user charges, while a congestion charge would not be appropriate on government-owned roads.
This is exactly what Auckland has been contending with for decades. Central government will neither pay its share, nor let this region get on with it ourselves.
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Transport Blog has another useful consideration of Core Rail Link facts in light of the recent burst of newspaper commentary and last week's well-intentioned Campbell Live story (promoted as 'who should pay' for the CRL).
Some of us have been asking for many moons for the civic bodies responsible for this project to share genuinely useful information for journalists and the public to draw on.
Like the Unitary Plan currently being consulted on, this is a critical ingredient for the Auckland region's future and it is at risk through weak leadership of what should be a robust and well-informed conversation.
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Damn that sounds a like a good show.
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Hard News: You can Roughan but you just…, in reply to Stephen Doyle,
For some reason Govts are afraid of a powerful united Auckland
Dealing with another civic body of more similar scale requires maturity.
This is a mark of how the politicians and backroom operators see their capacity for that. Given some of their other behaviour, maybe it's realistic to be scared rather than confident.
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Hide and other neolib loonies are desperate to promote buses as an alternative to the Core Rail Link (which would only get the most out of the region's rail network in conjunction with a major bus route redesign coming soon - it's not an either/or proposition).
Doesn't it sound awfully similar to the recent sputtering foaminess from the right about the Labour/Green electricity proposals..?
Oh, and I agree about local bodies not releasing information - inexcusable. They also need to do a much better job of communicating what the CRL is about and how it fits into the overall 30-year Auckland Plan for our region.
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Capture: Mama Don't Take My Lytro Camera…, in reply to JacksonP,
have a Lytro day, and get others to try it out
yes
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Hard News: Dressing for the Road, in reply to Celia Wade-Brown,
Kia ora and thank you for chipping in.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Record Store Day, in reply to Ana Simkiss,
tis a freakin doco almost :)