Western Ring Route
The main Herald story has details:
- $1.4 billion cost
- 48 km long
- Only 200 extra homes affected on top of 160 affected by twin tunnels
- twin tunnels would have needed a boring machine to be imported costing $50 million
- Estimated benefits of completing ring route is $840 million a year
- Oakley Creek, a beauty spot, not to be largely unaffected
- New motorway will have room for an extra lane if needed, and room for trains
The Herald editorial though calls for the Waterview route to be abandoned for a Rosebank route.