Yes, that seems like an excellent basis for sound long-term transport planning.But yesterday's developments have given new hope to promoters of an "Anzac Bridge" across the harbour on a similar alignment to the tunnels route, making it at least one and a half times longer than the existing bridge.
A group led by former Auckland City Council member Richard Simpson and including companies such as Jasmax and NZ Steel wants construction to start by 2015 to commemorate the centenary of Anzac Day.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Listen to the transport professionals
From the Herald's front-page story on plans to build a new harbour crossing in Auckland:
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Yes, stupid reasoning of course, though I'd never assume that a former member of council, Jasmax or NZ Steel cared about "long-term transport planning" any more than my local supermarket cares about my long-term dietary needs.
ReplyDeleteAlso, it's a bit of a stretch to blame the Herald for this, isn't it? Maybe you could use some simple icons or a different title colour to differentiate between your "the Herald sucks" and "the people I read about in the Herald suck" posts?
So a group of architects and steel suppliers say they want Auckland to start construction on a new bridge as soon as possible and the NZ Herald "journalist" believes them when they claim it is to commemorate the centenary of Anzac Day...
ReplyDeleteK: That sounds a bit hard, so I think I'll just rely on the common-sense of readers :)
ReplyDeleteWhen you publish the stupid things people say on the front page, you have to take a certain amount of responsibility for it.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair to the Herald, at least this one had a pretense of public value.
ReplyDeleteI mean, if say McDonalds cooked a giant omelette to commemorate the introduction of free range eggs at McDonalds in a blatant publicity stunt, the media wouldn't fall for that, would they?
Brad: Fair point, but a quote is a quote.. I wouldn't want the "journalist" to falsify it, and they get slammed when they add editorial comments as well. I don't know how I started down this path of possibly defending the Herald, I'd better stop ;)
ReplyDeleteJames: I can't think of a way to respond without sounding like a fool or a pedant, so I won't.
Oh. Oops.
Cool. So if John Key comes out tomorrow and says that he is Jesus, not David Ike, you think we should ignore it on the basis of it being 'stupid'.
ReplyDeleteI also don't wish to sound like a pedant - but the first Anzac Day was in 1916, not 1915. 25 April 1915 was of course the date of the Anzac landings at Gallipoli, but the first actual Anzac Day holiday was in 1916.
ReplyDeleteThey've barely started planning and already they're a year out.
I'm pretty sure I said the opposite of that:
ReplyDelete"...a quote is a quote.. I wouldn't want the 'journalist' to falsify it"
I've clearly shaken the hornet's nest here, so I'll go away, but my first post was just a geeky request to tag "Herald writers" posts differently to "Herald subjects" posts. Didn't realise the idea was so bleedin offensive. I like[d] this blog.
Don't worry about the critics K, there's at least one Anonymous on this site that will completely ignore your point just to be contradictory :-)
ReplyDeleteThey only linked it to ANZAC Day because they couldn't find an All Black to name it after.
ReplyDeleteIt's the next pivotal date that comes to mind since we're too late for InTimeForTheRugbyWorldCup.
ReplyDeleteOf course they could always bump it up to 2018 for the commemoration of the Armistice... or the Spanish Flu... when it comes to shrouding our uselessness at sensible planning with faux-commemorative solemnity, the possibilities are endless!
Scott, pedantic yes, but incorrect. When Massey gazetted (on May 5 1916) an Anzac Day Holiday he refers to the 'commemoration of "Anzac Day" ', something he would not be able to commemorate had it been 3 weeks in the future. Clearly "Anzac Day" was already a past event, and the centenary of Anzac Day is April 25, 2015.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't they try and get the Turks to start the long-shelved Dardenelles Bridge on the anniversary of NZ trying to invade their country for no particularly good reason...
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