Grant Robertson was bullish as he announced Labour’s plan for a partially tunnelled light rail line to Auckland’s airport. The cost was eye-watering: about $15bn by the government’s figures. As high as $30bn by Treasury’s. But the finance minister insisted a huge, city-shaping investment was needed to “future-proof” Auckland’s transport system. “We are not going to repeat the mistakes of ad hoc planning and a scramble to build infrastructure when it is too late,” he said.
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