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| how an expanded Marden Point wharf would look (via radionz.co.nz) |
The former chairman of Northland Port Corporation, Mike Daniel, has called for the Auckland's waterfront port to be moved North, to prevent expansion needs cluttering the Waitemata Harbour vista and truck traffic clogging the area. He proposes an upgrade to the North Auckland railway line to handle the container traffic. It sounds sensible, although of course there is no chance of upgrades to any freight railway lines under the present Government. The mention of a 500 metre train every 30 minutes in the interviews actually isn't all that much, compared with the constant truck traffic many Auckland roads have now.
An interview with three people on National Radio this morning:
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Whilst radio reported this I saw nothing mentioned on TV, and it does make sound sense. It would give morework, increase productivity to a depressed region of New Zealand , save on running costs for some shipping lines who would only call at Auckland from the North , and as mentioned reduce road usage of trucks and thus safer , less clogged Auckland roads. Make a dedicated transfer point for containers from rail to road for distribution within Auckland and retain passenger wharfs for the Cruise Ships so Aucklanders still have an active money making port .There, that was not too hard to plan was it Mr Brownlee?
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