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New details of Cook Strait ferry replacement plan unveiled (www.rnz.co.nz)
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This is actually very reasonable, rail enabled, bigger than what we currently have, but not the absolute monsters that were planned.

I wonder if the ability to operate fully under electrical power for part of the crossing has been retained?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's not explicitly said in the article, but the ships will be sister ships, from my understanding, and will be replacing the entire fleet.

Also, the original vessels were $550 mil for the pair, no way is the cancellation cost more than that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hmm the $1B number came from Labour. They are probably referring to a total cost of the project, which would not all be wasted as that investigative work would form the basis of the new plan.

Interesting how the project was ballooning to possibly $4B. That's some massive cost to build new terminals. I'd support spending it if they build the southern one near Blenheim instead of Picton, for cutting the journey time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, it had ballooned to more than double their initial estimate, quite frankly, I don't trust Labour's numbers on any of this.