From light rail company to ‘property management’

From light rail company to ‘property management’
Auckland light rail exists only as renders and unfulfilled plans, like this one. (Image: ALRL)
Oliver Lewis
The entity originally set up to deliver light rail in Auckland will be wound down within months, officials believe, after narrowly avoiding being rebranded as a property management company.The coalition Government killed the megaproject in January and tasked the delivery entity, Auckland Light Rail Limited (ALRL), with winding itself down and transferring the intellectual property associated with the project to the Ministry of Transport.ALRL was set up under the previous Government and was working on plans for a 24-kilometre, partially tunnelle...

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