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NZ Government Scraps Auckland Light Rail to Stem $14 Billion Cost Blowout

$228 million has been spent to date on the project and not a single metre of track has been laid.
NZ Government Scraps Auckland Light Rail to Stem $14 Billion Cost Blowout
The Sydney light rail in Sydney, Australia, on May 19, 2020. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images
Rex Widerstrom
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The National/NZ First/ACT coalition government has made good on its promise to halt work on plans to introduce light rail to Auckland.

The previous Labour government committed to building light rail, which was intended to link a light rail system between the city centre and Māngere and Auckland Airport, within four years of being elected in 2017.
Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
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