Tag: Transport

Auckland Green Party MP Keith Locke has warned against any 'pause' in Auckland's rail electrification project. It was today revealed that Transport Minister Steven Joyce sent a letter to the Auckland Regional Council (ARC) asking it to take 'a short pause' in going ahead with its rail electrification commitments. Mr Joyce wanted the ‘pause’ so that the ARC could digest the ramifications of the, as yet unreleased, report on the Royal Commission on Auckland’s Governance.

Green Party MP Keith Locke is disappointed that Auckland City’s transport committee today voted against a walkway and cycleway over the Auckland Harbour Bridge. "It is a victory for narrow, conservative thinking," Mr Locke, the Party’s Spokesperson on Auckland Transport Issues, says.

Auckland Green Party MP Keith Locke is urging Auckland City councillors to endorse a walkway and cycleway over the Auckland Harbour Bridge. Options prepared by consultants go before Auckland City Council’s transport committee tomorrow.

Green Party MP Keith Locke has expressed astonishment that Transit New Zealand has admitted the Waterview motorway project has no clear benefit, and that the agency has not considered the future price of oil in its project analysis.

Auckland Green Party MP Keith Locke has criticised the recommendation to build the Waterview Connection via a private-public partnership (PPP). "The recommendation from the Waterview Connection Procurement Steering Group will be a costly way to build a motorway we don’t need right now," Mr Locke, the Party’s Spokesperson on Auckland Transport Issues, says.

Auckland Green Party MP Keith Locke says National transport spokesperson Maurice Williamson’s proposal for high tolls on new motorways would only hurt poor people in the absence of adequate public transport alternatives.

Auckland Green Party MP Keith Locke hails the new Helensville-Auckland passenger service, after travelling on the inaugural train this morning. “More than 100 people boarded the first train at 6.32 this morning, with further passengers getting on along the way at previously unserviced stations,” Mr Locke, the Party’s Spokesperson on Auckland transport issues, says.

Saturday, February 2 was a great day for Aucklanders, with the opening of the much-needed North Shore Busway, which is already pulling people out of their cars and providing quick journeys from the up and down the North Shore, and making it easier for North Shore commuters to get to Auckland City.

Green MP Keith Locke has again been selected as the Green candidate for Epsom at a meeting held last night in Greenlane.