A sane second harbour crossing plan

The Herald reports:

The Government’s pick for an alternative Waitematā Harbour crossing will include two three-lane tunnels for vehicles and a 21km light rail tunnel between Albany and the CBD – a plan that will take decades to finish and cost tens of billions of dollars.

Well Kiwibuild won’t be finished until the year 2308, so mere decades to finish would be comparatively speedy.

Look the actual details announced are laudable and sane (a rarity with their transport announcements). They have shown no ability to actually deliver, but we should welcome the plan as something everyone bar the Greens should support. In essence it is:

• Ten lanes of traffic for cars and trucks – six in tunnels and four by bridges
• Two lanes on bridge for buses
• Two lanes of bridge for cyclists and pedestrians
• Two lanes in tunnel for light rail

If only they could show the same sanity in Wellington.

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