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Simon Wilson: Why doesn’t the mayor love the new transport funding programme?
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Garth Falconer: The other side of the Auckland harbour bridge debate
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Auckland Light Rail company has few employees, but 54 contractors and consultants
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Mayor Wayne Brown has been scathing with his criticism of the council's transport agency.
$2b raid: How emergency Covid funds were redirected to bolster Budget '22
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Focus: Horror crash survivor's road to recovery
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Infrastructure report: A record pipeline of road and rail projects
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Focus: Simeon Brown on clean cars legislation
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Protesters who blocked roads across Wellington secure meeting with Transport Minister
The meeting will take place in December.
Simon Bridges: Five ways to fix Auckland's transport problems
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Chris Bishop: Results of underinvested infrastructure in plain sight
COMMENT: We need new tools to better use what we have already.
Tommy Parker: How light rail could transform Auckland
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Matthew Birchall: We can’t be naive about the risks to infrastructure
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