Auckland light rail facing huge hurdles to get back on track
16 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Artist impression of light rail on Ian McKinnon Drive heading towards Dominion Rd. Photo / Supplied
The Labour Government's failure to deliver on light rail in Auckland last term has brought a new minister and a new plan to get the multi-billion dollar project back on track. Super City reporter Bernard
Orsman explains Light Rail Mark II.
What is light rail?
Light right is the modern-day equivalent of trams, which once carried more passengers than today's combined public transport network of buses, trains and ferries. At the time, Auckland's population was 500,000 people. Today it is 1.7 million.