Auckland mayor Wayne Brown prefers surface light rail

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown prefers surface light rail
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown believes disruption associated with a surface-running light rail line has been overegged. (Image: Supplied)
Oliver Lewis
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown pushed for the company investigating light rail to give greater consideration to a cheaper surface-running option, he says.Brown travelled to Sydney in May with councillor Chris Darby and Auckland Light Rail (ALR) chief executive Tommy Parker to visit light rail and tunnelled metro options in that city to inform options for Auckland.ALR, the crown entity company set up to progress the city-shaping project, is undertaking a detailed business case for a 24-kilometre route between the central city and Māngere focussing o...

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