transmission gully Archive

  • Russel Norman

    Nats use EPA to de-protect Horokiri Stream to build a motorway on it - by Russel Norman



    OK, how bad can it get. Currently Horokiri, Ration and Pauatahanui Streams near Porirua are strongly protected under the Wellington Regional Freshwater Plan. And for good reason – they are the home of a lot of endangered New Zealand fish.  But these streams and their gullies are also the proposed route for Transmission Gully motorway from Porirua to Kapiti.  So [...] read more
    February 13, 2011 5:51 pm - 7 Comments
  • frog

    Govt celebrates World Statistics Day by ignoring statistics on transport - by frog



    Today is the first ever World Statistics Day, and Statistics Minister Maurice Williamson is celebrating. So how does he explain his colleague Steven Joyce’s determination to proceed with funding roading projects that the statistics show have significantly greater costs than benefits and the statistics show the majority of Aucklanders and Wellingtonians don’t consider priorities? read more
    October 20, 2010 9:39 am - 22 Comments
  • frog

    The Minister of Revenue walks again - by frog



    Like Rasputin Peter Dunne, the eternal Minister of Revenue, is back once again.  This time his pretence of sitting in the middle while actually belonging to the right of National is even more exposed now that he is actually in a cooperation agreement with National. In his agreement with National we can look forward to [...] read more
    November 17, 2008 2:40 pm - 21 Comments
  • frog

    The Wellington Transport Plan - by frog



    Line maintenance on Sue’s train line conspired to delay her arrival at the Greens launch of our Wellington Transport Plan.  But she got there by bus instead and announced a costed and detailed plan that would see a new light rail network linking the Hutt Valley, Porirua and the Airport. Stage one would see light [...] read more
    October 22, 2008 4:10 pm - 32 Comments
  • frog

    The cost of choosing trains - by frog



    At the same time as Wellingtonians are looking around for about for $1 billion to build the Transmission Gully motorway (including rattling the donation tin under the noses of non Wellingtonians), train fares in the region are going up by an average 10.2%. The Dominion Post reports on Porirua’s 22% train fare increase: Rebecca Matthews [...] read more
    September 2, 2008 10:12 am - 44 Comments
  • frog

    Fuel for thought – the future of transport fuels: challenges and opportunities - by frog



    Such is the name of a report released today by the Future Fuels Forum, an initiative led by the Australia’s CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship. The Age summarises the bad news: PETROL prices could reach $8 a litre [~NZ$10 per litre] within a decade if oil production peaks and Australia is not ready to shift to [...] read more
    July 11, 2008 2:07 pm - 61 Comments
  • frog

    Tranz Metro celebrates 70 years on the Johnsonville Line - by frog



    Tomorrow marks the 70th anniversary of electrified commuter service on the Johnsonville Line into Wellington. The line itself dates back to 1885 and was the main line north from the capital until 1937, when the Tawa flat deviation was opened to all rail traffic. In the early 1930′s rail management considered closing the bypassed Johnsonville [...] read more
    July 1, 2008 12:33 pm - 16 Comments