The Auckland Business Forum strongly endorses the Auckland Transport – New Zealand Transport Agency decision to focus the East-West Link project on improved connections for freight in Auckland’s industrial hub of Onehunga, Penrose and Southdown.
Talk of the Reserve Bank raising the Official Cash Rate (OCR) to keep inflation under control needs to be balanced against the importance of ensuring that we also lock in to the economy a steady sustainable pace of growth, says Michael Barnett, head of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce.
The Auckland Transport survey showing many cyclists run red lights doesn’t excuse the lack of action to accelerate projects that would help protect cyclists and other road users, especially large trucks, from each other.
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