Thank you again for all your support. We have come along way with now almost 400 signatures! We need to convince the decision makers at City Council and Regional Council to take up rail as an election promise in our local elections in October. That gives us, the public 5 months discuss, share and contribute to our Rail Network Plan before the election.

This issue is even more relevant now that we face the prospect of an extra 90,000 cars,100,000 people and 40,000 houses in greater Christchurch in the next decade. This would be a 20% expansion of the city from 480,000 to 580,000 people on top of the 10% expansion the city has experienced in the last five years. Do the politicians really think we can handle that many added cars on our roadways?

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