I've lived in Wellington & visited since leaving, so appreciate the concern re traffic etc. BUT now that there will be 1000's less public servants needing to get around on a daily basis, or fly in and out of the airport it might be a self-correcting problem (or perhaps with less of them they will need to spread themselves further & fly MORE?). OR with less subsidies for public transport travel with recent govt axing, perhaps there will be MORE cars on the roads? Hmmm - seems this comedy-of-errors continues of supposedly needing to save money so cutting essential spends & keeping death-dealing cigarettes on the market for exise income purposes etc. but also coming up with ideas to spend huge amounts for dubious ideas?
Why don't we look to the near future & recognise air-taxis are almost here, so building tunnels is a waste of $$$ when airport shuttles won't touch the ground??
Have you looked at the budget blow out from Rotorua Lakes District Council taking residents cost for the new sewerage scheme from $16k to $34k. This happened sudenly without explanation and any indication that the scheme had issues.
The meeting last night at Rotoiti Rugby Club, was adamant that RLDC be held to account snd find a way to address the increase in costs.
The tunnel is a diversion, and not for traffic. Please find out what they were covering up, maybe the multi-billion dollar and increase deaths resulting from the smoking policy that was not presented to cabinet?
The mega tunnel is truely stupid, but a correction:
Acknowledging that Elon Musk’s HyperLoop project, a futuristic transport solution that involved whizzing people around in tubes at speed, had problems, Brown suggested the minister could get “Elon Musk to build” the tunnel.
Surely he would be referring to the Boring Company, who are in the business of building transit tunnels under cities, as seen in Las Vegas.
This mega-tunnel concept for the capital city is really intended to provide a bolt hole for ministers of the crown.
I've lived in Wellington & visited since leaving, so appreciate the concern re traffic etc. BUT now that there will be 1000's less public servants needing to get around on a daily basis, or fly in and out of the airport it might be a self-correcting problem (or perhaps with less of them they will need to spread themselves further & fly MORE?). OR with less subsidies for public transport travel with recent govt axing, perhaps there will be MORE cars on the roads? Hmmm - seems this comedy-of-errors continues of supposedly needing to save money so cutting essential spends & keeping death-dealing cigarettes on the market for exise income purposes etc. but also coming up with ideas to spend huge amounts for dubious ideas?
Why don't we look to the near future & recognise air-taxis are almost here, so building tunnels is a waste of $$$ when airport shuttles won't touch the ground??
Have you looked at the budget blow out from Rotorua Lakes District Council taking residents cost for the new sewerage scheme from $16k to $34k. This happened sudenly without explanation and any indication that the scheme had issues.
The meeting last night at Rotoiti Rugby Club, was adamant that RLDC be held to account snd find a way to address the increase in costs.
The tunnel is a diversion, and not for traffic. Please find out what they were covering up, maybe the multi-billion dollar and increase deaths resulting from the smoking policy that was not presented to cabinet?
The mega tunnel is truely stupid, but a correction:
Acknowledging that Elon Musk’s HyperLoop project, a futuristic transport solution that involved whizzing people around in tubes at speed, had problems, Brown suggested the minister could get “Elon Musk to build” the tunnel.
Surely he would be referring to the Boring Company, who are in the business of building transit tunnels under cities, as seen in Las Vegas.
https://www.boringcompany.com/vegas-loop