Hill Street back on agenda
Pressure group Fix Hill Street Now posted billboards decrying the fact Hill Street was absent from Council’s 10-year budget.
Rodney Councillor Greg Sayers says the Hill Street intersection looks likely to figure in Auckland Council’s 10-year budget, following a meeting with the Auckland Transport board of directors.
Late last week, Cr Sayers says he has secured indications from the board that $7 million will, in all probability, be set aside to purchase land and secure a resource consent to upgrade the troubled intersection. This will mean the project will not end up a “dead duck in the water”.
Uber buses? Hawke s Bay Regional Council to contemplate on demand bus service
10 Mar, 2021 05:00 PM
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An on demand bus service may be on the cards as part of Hawke s Bay Regional Council s new Long Term Plan. Photo / Warren Buckland
An on demand bus service may be on the cards as part of Hawke s Bay Regional Council s new Long Term Plan. Photo / Warren Buckland
Need a bus? In Hawke s Bay you might soon be able to hail a bus to your doorstep in the same way you d hail an Uber. An on demand bus app, with virtual bus stops,
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Electric bus fleet could come with hefty price tag warns Bay council
6 Mar, 2021 08:00 PM
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There are five electric buses in Tauranga. Photo / Supplied
The Government s plan to electrify public buses and its $50 million national hand-out would only cover a small fraction of the money needed, a Bay council warns. It s unknown at this stage what impact that would have on ratepayers but a single battery-electric bus is about $750,000 - compared with the diesel equivalent of $420,000. Transport Minister Michael Wood. Photo / File
But Transport Minister Michael Wood said it recognises it will take time and effort from central and local government to decarbonise the approximately 2600 public transport buses nationwide.
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