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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

The smaller ships are only a little bit smaller and they have no bids on the ships so they have no idea how much they are going to cost. They are going to skimp on the port upgrades which will probably end up not working at all.

So far they have no idea how much any of this is going to cost and you can be sure there will be overruns.