“Shovel Ready” Infrastructure Projects Needed
The Govt should plan ahead and obtain advance design and environmental approvals for future infrastructure projects. The Association of Consulting Engineers NZ (ACENZ) President, …
Archive for February, 2009
Big Bill Looms For Govt To Replace Rail Ferries
The Govt is potentially going to have to find hundreds of millions of dollars to replace and or upgrade the aging inter-island Cook Strait …
City Council Slashes Transport Project Funding
Christchurch City Council and Environment Canterbury look to be heading for another showdown over the regional transport strategy. The city council’s taking the blowtorch …
Unions Hit Out At Road Focus Of Stimulus Package
The Govt’s transport infrastructure spend up plans have come under fire from groups representing the rail industry which claims the programme has all but …
Bridge Upgrades Improve Midland Rail Line
The reliability and efficiency of the Midland rail line is being improved significantly as result of a programme to replace and improve wooden bridges. …
Vege Growers Hit Out At Ongoing Fuel Surcharges
Vegetable growers are angry transport companies are still enforcing high fuel surcharges and warn if the practice continues many could be out of business …
RMA Reforms Will Speed Up Projects – Engineers
The Institute of Professional Engineers (IPENZ) has come out strongly in support for the Govt’s proposed RMA changes saying applicants will now have more …
Project Speed-Up Not Enough Says Lobby Group
NZ Council for Infrastructure Development CEO, Stephen Selwood, has hit out at the Govt’s infrastructure spending plan announced this week. Selwood says a sense …
Coastal Highway Group Say Project Still Viable
Proponents of the upgrade of the coastal highway north of Wellington, The Coastal Highway Group, says lack of a designation is not a major …
Freight Charges Need To Rise – Business Expert
Transport operators need to take a close look at their pricing strategies if they are to survive in the current market. Leading transport and …
Tribes Eye Stake In Airports, Roading Projects
Maori want a role in developing infrastructure projects such as toll roads, and not just driving the bulldozers but in investing and owning them …
Cost Blow-Out Could Bury Motorway Tunnel
Transport Minister, Steven Joyce, has heeded the advice of Treasury and transport officials in calling for a review of Auckland’s proposed Waterview Connection after …
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