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Four-lane Auckland-Whangārei highway could cost 10 percent of government infrastructure budget (www.rnz.co.nz)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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"Is this one motorway really worth one-tenth of our entire country's spending on schools, hospitals, houses and public transport infrastructure?"

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They want to 4 lane the Hawke's Bay Expressway too which for me is stupid on any number of levels.

  • Its only really congested at particular times of the day, and only around merges either side of roundabouts or on-ramps.
  • Because they've not fully funded 4 lanes along the whole thing (in fact thus far only a tiny portion is funded) they'll just be introducing even more merges.
  • They've talked about tolling it, which will likely put more pressure on regional council maintained routes.
  • They would need to build two bridges over large rivers (Ngaruroro & Tutaekuri) that would need to withstand large floods and an overpass where there is very little space and it would come at the expense of a walking/cycling path.
  • It comes at the expense of doing anything to better utilise the existing rail-line for passenger commutes from Waipukurau to the Airport.
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Yes, but consider the benefits:

  • Fulton Hogan makes a lot of money