Will I die before the City Rail Loop opens?

Auckland Transport’s new map gets name of major road wrong

Auckland Transport is moving to fix a mistake after getting the name of one of its major roads wrong in its big reveal of its route map for the City Rail Link (CRL).

The agency invited media this week to show off the new Trains and Rapid Buses map it said showed “people can connect more easily with friends and loved ones”.

Chief executive Dean Kimpton held a large version of the map up for media at Waitematā (Britomart) Station.

Auckland Council’s Transport, Resilience and Infrastructure Committee chairperson and KiwiRail were in tow.

There was an even larger version laid out on the floor as a visual feature.

Auckland Transport also uploaded the new route map onto its website and sent the map to media.

But there was a problem lurking on the bus route between Auckland Airport and Manukau.

The new map showed ‘Lambie Avenue’ instead of Lambie Drive – a major road in Manukau with its own motorway offramps.

FFS.

Like a chump I did what I was supposed to do.

I rented near transport routes and didn’t buy a car.

Like a chump, I moved near a train station so my Daughter could catch the train to school.

Then you shut down the Station for 4 years – hilariously my Daughter will graduate before the fucking Train Station opens!

Like a chump.

Then AT cut services…

City Rail Link: Aucklanders warned of disruption as near 100-day rail network closure revealed

…raised fares…

Auckland public transport fares to increase by 5.2% on average from February

…all while casually fucking over the entire public transport users of Auckland, so words that this bloody great big hole in the ground that is now 4 years overdue won’t be ready by 2026 doesn’t surprise me in the slightest.

For me the City Rail Link is a bit like the second Harbour Bridge crossing, in that I will be dead before it ever gets built.

I don’t know who to blame anymore, The French, Auckland Council, Wayne Brown, Auckland Transport or Simeon Brown.

No one seems to actually be in charge and no one seems to be accountable.

Auckland Central has been killed by the City Rail Loop and after all this time I’m not even sure there will be a City to come back to.

 

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