Comments on: Route Sun 24 May – Across the Harbour Bridge http://nzuphill.8degrees.co.nz/2009/05/24/route-sun-24-may-across-the-harbour-bridge/ Riding the length of NZ uphill for the hell of it Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:07:28 +1200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tim G http://nzuphill.8degrees.co.nz/2009/05/24/route-sun-24-may-across-the-harbour-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-1879 Tim G Wed, 27 May 2009 14:02:39 +0000 http://nzuphill.8degrees.co.nz/?p=351#comment-1879 I am incredibly jealous of all those who got to ride the bridge! Happy Birthday, Aucklands Aorta! I think it should be noted how different the official media spin on this event is from what you witnessed. Apparently they closed all four lanes rather than just restricting protest to the clipon because they were afraid of walking causing clip on sway, in turn leading to protesters trying to escape onto the inner lanes. See http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/05/26/1245b0adeebe (a brief summary) and for more detail http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2436755/Bridge-protesters-may-return I am incredibly jealous of all those who got to ride the bridge! Happy Birthday, Aucklands Aorta!

I think it should be noted how different the official media spin on this event is from what you witnessed.

Apparently they closed all four lanes rather than just restricting protest to the clipon because they were afraid of walking causing clip on sway, in turn leading to protesters trying to escape onto the inner lanes.

See
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/05/26/1245b0adeebe (a brief summary)
and for more detail
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2436755/Bridge-protesters-may-return

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