"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”
Wellington light rail was to be run along existing streets, so the amount of land purchased was going to be very low, I think most of the land purchased wastes to be for the new tunnels.
I honestly can’t explain what happened with Wellington light rail, they did public outreach and surveys almost ten years ago, had overwhelming support for both light rail and a secondary Terrace and Mt Vic tunnel. The council was taken to court over the flyover project, and then… Nothing happened for about a decade.
I’m honestly at a loss to explain it.
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!
