Collossus of Rhodes bypasses a solution
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Originally Posted by
Arbitrage
Hi Zaphod. I understand that the problem with Northport is the rail link to Auckland. Apparently the tunnels are too small to handle the type of freight required to be transhipped and it would be uneconomic to upgrade. Perhaps someone else may be able to enlighten this?
Actually rather than Gerry Brownlee(The Colossus of Rhodes) spending billions on the Holiday Highway he could have got better bang-for-his-buck and made a superior contibution to economic development in Northland if had spent less money, upgraded the Northland Rail Line and built a rail spur to Marsden Point.
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Marilyn