

Days, not decades: Auckland already has the data to settle its bridge argument
The Mayor and the Transport Minister are arguing about whether to put a bridge or a tunnel parallel to the existing harbour crossing. I crunched the data that they ignored and modelled the solution.

Grant McLachlan
May 137 min read


Auckland’s missing motorway has been hiding in plain sight for seventy years
The Eastern Motorway — State Highway 17 — has a vacant number, protected land, and a proven funding model. All it lacks is a government with the wit to act.

Grant McLachlan
Mar 314 min read


The roads that never were: Ten New Zealand infrastructure dreams that died on the drawing board
New Zealand’s transport network tells a story not just of what was built, but of what could have been.

Grant McLachlan
Dec 1, 202518 min read


























