Aucklanders using the troubled public transport network could soon be hit with a fare double whammy, with the council proposing a 6.5% fare rise alongside the likely end of the Government’s half-price fare scheme.
The latest bad news is contained in the fine detail of the budget to be proposed next week by the mayor Wayne Brown. It comes on top of unprecedented cuts to bus and future rail services.
Auckland Transport approved the fare increase at its December 1 meeting and it will be subject to council approval, as part of a budget aimed at closing a forecast deficit of $295 million.
