{"id":1411,"date":"2022-02-16T15:57:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T05:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=5f91ba3b7ab9abe2b0938bfd41825b30"},"modified":"2022-02-16T15:57:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T05:57:33","slug":"next-steps-for-auckland-light-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=1411","title":{"rendered":"Next steps for Auckland light rail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s taken a while to fully digest the light rail announcement from a couple of weeks ago. As I said at the time, and in quite a few interviews since, I have mixed emotions about it all. 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