Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: Waterview: The giant up the road, in reply to Angela Hart,
and make it unusable for wheelchair users, who clearly have no right of access. Sigh.
Apparently it wasn't just the residents. But yeah, what a bummer.
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Hard News: Waterview: The giant up the road, in reply to Mikaere Curtis,
In the artists impression it looks nice and high.
Oh, that’s interesting. The pic I took above is very different-looking. Is it the platform from which to build the actual bridge, or did something change?
UPDATE: My pic is the platform the bridge will be built from – they're trying to minimise disruption to the creek below.
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A yet-to-open path under the ramps to the park in Waterview. I’m told residents insisted on steps to access the bridge in the distance, to slow cyclists down. Bah.
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The ventilation tower just now. I’ve added this and the bridge one to the post. (Yes, it's on a lean. Deliberately.)
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Hard News: Waterview: The giant up the road, in reply to BenWilson,
Interesting that there’s to be a new bridge crossing Oakley Creek. Nice for people out for a walk anyway – on a bike that’s one hell of a climb if the crossing is down near the creek. Will be very interested to see what becomes of it.
Nope – it’s a high bridge. This is the platform it'll be built from.
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Hard News: Waterview: The giant up the road, in reply to Hebe,
Wow. As an outlander, I had no idea of the massive scale of the works. I thought it was a tunnel with a strip of widened fast road.
It is huge.
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Hard News: Waterview: The giant up the road, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Sadly, experience have shown that such things typically improve traffic for a brief time, then people adjust their plans accordingly (e.g. commuting by car from Otorohanga or wherever Auckland’s outer suburbs are now) and the roads fill up again.
The lack of provision for bus lanes certainly hasn't helped.
But there were some special circumstances here. There's currently an almost-completed motorway network, and people complete it by transiting through suburban streets that really aren't made for it. It also connects to the "other" harbour crossing via Greenhithe, which lets traffic get to Albany without going near the CBD.
I think there's going to be a substantial shift of airport traffic once it opens. People coming from the north will choose SH16>SH20 rather than enduring the southern motorway. And there's going to be a lot of pressure on the St Luke's Road interchange by Western Springs.
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I should note that Fairfax staff have been concerned that what looked like a merger is tilting towards an NZME takeover – and today’s announcement won’t do anything to ease those fears.
NZME’s big advantage is the profitable radio network.
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Hard News: Obscuring the News, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
I’m assuming they be closing one of the Star Times or the Herald On Sunday within weeks of the merger completing.
I suspect the Sunday News is the most vulnerable, with the HoS going even more tabloidy.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Bombathon Begins, in reply to Jim Cathcart,
The Observatory is a fantastic venue in Saigon. Make it there now and then.
Nice. Bill certainly seemed pretty excited about it.
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