Costs
Current
The Northern Busway and five busway stations have been delivered collaboratively by Transit New Zealand and North Shore City Council.
Transit constructed the busway and the new Esmonde Interchange. It is also improving the Onewa Road Interchange. Transit is a government agency and receives its funding through Land Transport New Zealand. The project costs met by Transit were:-
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Transit NZ Project Costs
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Busway
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Esmonde Interchange
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Construction only:
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$180 m
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$40 m
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Total for Project
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$210 m
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$44 m
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The construction of the five busway stations, at a cost of $85 million, was jointly funded by North Shore City Council ($35 million) and the Auckland Regional Transport Authority ($50 million, $40 million of which was granted by the now disbanded regional funding agency Infrastructure Auckland).
The bus services using the Northern Busway are run by ARTA. The bus operators provide services under contract to ARTA.
