The two big risks of Auckland's new harbour crossing

The two big risks of Auckland's new harbour crossing
Building something similar will apparently cost $15 billion. (Image: Getty)
Dileepa Fonseka
The new Auckland harbour crossing is pitched as “city shaping”, and it better be, because the cheapest option will cost $15 billion and it doesn’t even include a tunnel.Construction has been brought forward to 2029 – a final design will be chosen in June this year after public consultation, and the six years afterwards will be spent planning it all. The project will presumably be unusable until it's fully completed, which could be any time between 2029 and sometime in the 2040s.With such long time scales involve...

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