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Another Bridge, or Another Century?

20/08/2026 / Gurtej Singh / Leave a comment

For years, Auckland’s City Rail Link was treated as a kind of civic extravagance, a tunnel-shaped affront to fiscal sobriety. Every revision of its budget invited the same small chorus of disbelief. At about $5.5 billion, the CRL became evidence, for some, that public transport had grown too ambitious for its own good. Then came … Continue reading Another Bridge, or Another Century?

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