Next election an Auckland light rail referendum

Next election an Auckland light rail referendum
An artist's impression of how of Auckland's light rail will look. (Image: supplied).
Oliver Lewis
A final investment decision on Auckland light rail won’t be made until 2024, after the next general and local body elections.After National’s transport spokesman promised to scrap it, the project is now at the whim of voters, a far cry from early assurances from then-opposition leader Jacinda Ardern, who said in 2017 light rail between Wynyard Quarter and Mt Roskill would be built by 2021.After a convoluted and controversial planning process, the government announced in January it had selected the preferred option put forward by the...

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