tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post1697064975057085182..comments2024-03-09T18:57:10.942+13:00Comments on Liberty Scott: Northern Gateway toll road - politics over reasonLibertyscotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-87556352365144518072012-06-06T17:37:47.711+12:002012-06-06T17:37:47.711+12:00I’ve just received my second Toll Payment notice f...I’ve just received my second Toll Payment notice from these clowns running the toll road and I’m just as frustrated as I was the first time around. Both times I was unable to pay due to excessive queuing or “Out of Order” machines … I don’t have a credit or debit card and I don’t have a Windows computer to use the POLi system. Neither do I have a cheque account. The only option is to either get Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-82421338472855682632012-03-15T23:16:21.959+13:002012-03-15T23:16:21.959+13:00Free Mack: Curiously it is one of the first fully ...Free Mack: Curiously it is one of the first fully electronic free flow toll roads NOT to use the tag and beacon/DSRC technology used elsewhere, which dramatically increases reliability - although NZTA reports very good reliability stats that indicate it may not have been necessary,<br /><br />Let's be clear, I think the road project in itself was worthwhile, particularly before it was Libertyscotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741049550997300680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-8470612018076663662012-03-15T22:31:52.598+13:002012-03-15T22:31:52.598+13:00Scott, What a riveting analysis of yet another Thi...Scott, What a riveting analysis of yet another Think Big project that on the face of it seems reasonable (Tolls - Surely the users are paying...?) but is in fact a huge destruction of value. I'd be interested to read your take on the covered White Elephant down in Dunedin.Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01922433757298738859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15768887.post-35461935527336588282012-03-15T14:01:27.303+13:002012-03-15T14:01:27.303+13:00Great piece thank you.
Such a shameful project. ...Great piece thank you. <br />Such a shameful project. <br />I get angry every time I drive that road, thinking myself a sucker for paying when 10s of 1,000s don't.<br />You do not mention the quality issues with the system. I have travelled the toll road 3 times in the last 6 months. Twice the billing was incorrect. Once I managed to pas in both direction within 20 seconds. Another time theyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com