• Dave@lemmy.nzM
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    3 months ago

    I feel like I heard of a Labour plan to build rail hubs. Infrastructure like that is expensive and risky for private companies (because what if there are no customers?), but if the government set it up (say, one near Auckland and one near Wellington), and organised the rail freight between, you could have a really nice rail system set up, with trucks handling just the first and last stretch.

    • TagMeInSkipIGotThis@lemmy.nz
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      3 months ago

      Yeah, and if well designed it potentially is an investment like electrifying steel furnaces. Anything we do that has a big impact on reducing emissions is likely a good thing.

    • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz
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      2 months ago

      If it follows SH1 (mostly) that would be a great thing.

      I would love to be able to have passenger terminals available to travel to Wellington / Auckland