Winter of commuter discontent: How not to build a transport hub

Eighteen months after it opened with some fanfare, Auckland’s fancy new downtown bus hub is closing again for five months in what is a lesson to politicians on acting in haste and repenting at leisure. \
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The lesson will be cold comfort to many bus users, who’ll be sheltering from winter weather at improvised stops, wondering why. \
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Lower Albert St connects with Auckland’s downtown waterfront and a year-long $20 million upgrade of it was part of a major revamp ahead of the 2021 America’s Cup regatta.