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Post by sloopjohnb on May 9, 2024 11:29:37 GMT 12
I see the train tracks are down again......what is it to cold for them now?  |
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Post by sloopjohnb on May 9, 2024 17:47:04 GMT 12
What I can't have my toast, coffee and charge my phone and hearing aids in the morning. Even bananas don't require power to grow? |
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Post by harrytom on May 10, 2024 5:30:03 GMT 12
While the Govt cuts staff.Here we have ltsa/Wakakotahi wasting millions protecting good drivers from bad drivers.Busy putting in cheese cutter wire through Anthenree gorge on straight rds but not on bends where one would tend too loose control.Maybe driver practical tests should be on rural rds and see how well or not the driver can handle a vehicle.Any clown can drive on a motorway.
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Post by eri on May 10, 2024 8:16:33 GMT 12
like double yellow lines for kilometers of straight roads
i think that's more about slowing people down by preventing over-taking
all part of the road-to-zero
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Post by harrytom on May 10, 2024 10:10:08 GMT 12
like double yellow lines for kilometers of straight roads i think that's more about slowing people down by preventing over-taking all part of the road-to-zero [brm]maybe but it causes frustration so when they can overtake some do it.safe or not.Bit like me going up hwy27.Drive close to shoulder at 90 and there is no passing lanes .some just take the risk.need to like Aussie and allow heavys to do 100 but then cars are doing 110/120 no win I guess. |
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Post by eri on May 10, 2024 19:03:45 GMT 12
when double yellow lines were warning drivers of dangerous dips and corners
i never used to overtake on the bike
but now they have appeared for kilometers along various highways with no dips or corners
if i see a safe overtake opportunity, i take it
of course this frustrates the authorities
so when they get the money, they now paint 16mt wide bitumen into only 2 lanes.. put wires down the middle...and make it all 80kph
guaranteed to cause congestion, but it's no longer about 'safety' it's about 'changing behavior', even if it's poor for productivity and efficiency
and as long as i have the option, i'll vote against that
as i try to 'change the behaviour' of bureaucrats + politicians
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conservatives are the new 'liberals'
as they offer more 'freedom'
the left that used to be liberals
but are now just closet-marxists
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Post by eri on May 10, 2024 21:51:10 GMT 12
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Post by fish on May 11, 2024 9:44:31 GMT 12
I wouldn't assume corruption is any worse in NZ than any other equivalent country. From personal experience it's about the same or better in NZ. |
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Post by GO30 on May 11, 2024 14:24:45 GMT 12
I wouldn't assume corruption is any worse in NZ than any other equivalent country. From personal experience it's about the same or better in NZ. It's worse in NZ than most places simply because we go out of our way to pretend it doesn't exist when in fact it is as rampent as anywhere else. |
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Post by dutyfree on May 11, 2024 19:03:47 GMT 12
And a koha for you too
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Post by sloopjohnb on May 23, 2024 21:45:08 GMT 12
Just been up the Kuranda Scenic Railway, only took them 5 years to build it, 33 km of track, 55 bridges, 15 tunnels all hand dug, 2.3 million cubic meters of earth removed, 106 cuttings and not a red cone was used.
In the mean time the Takanaini to Drury motorway is still been built after 5 years.
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Post by harrytom on May 23, 2024 23:07:31 GMT 12
Just been up the Kuranda Scenic Railway, only took them 5 years to build it, 33 km of track, 55 bridges, 15 tunnels all hand dug, 2.3 million cubic meters of earth removed, 106 cuttings and not a red cone was used. In the mean time the Takanaini to Drury motorway is still been built after 5 years. we worked it out to be close to 12yrs,horitu section maybe finished early 2025 and putting in a roundabout in Pokeno might be october,6 months? |
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Post by sloopjohnb on May 24, 2024 21:42:18 GMT 12
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Post by harrytom on May 25, 2024 8:47:52 GMT 12
Bloody hell,roman certainly wasnt built in a day but a lot quicker than this. 2027 Expected Construction Completion June 2022 Expected Construction Commencement - Stage 1B1 Mar 2021 Construction Commencement - Stage 1A Feb 2021 Contract Award Sept 2020 RFT Open 1 more row Papakura ki Pukekura - Papakura to Drury Stage One Infrastructure Pipeline infrastructurepipeline.org › project › southern-mo... |
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Post by harrytom on May 31, 2024 16:17:22 GMT 12
Fulton Hogan have exceled themselves this morning. Karapiro Sh1 works on passing lane,there we all sat south bound while north flowed steadly home. 25 minutes later south started moving,what was the hold up you say?? it was the cone man with his bucket and rag washing the bloody cones.No actual work happening.
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