Archive for February, 2009

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 as part of public-private partnerships. Work is under way to discuss such a plan with Prime Minister, John Key, and Finance Minister Bill English. The move the infrastructure investment idea was […]

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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 the estimated cost of the project blew out by 47% in just five months to $2.77bn. The review, due by April, will dust off options considered and discarded by the previous […]

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