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It Doesn’t Add Up
The surprise at the $2.1m cost of average looking shelters for the Kingsland train station erected at the weekend - surprise turning to outrage in non-published...
Infrastructure Plan Ignores Peak Oil
The Government has released its second infrastructure plan covering the next 20 years. It talks of $6.5 billion on roads and $1.5 billion on rail services. It’s...
Motorway Work Brings Jobs
So how many jobs have been created from all the motorway work ticked off by the Government? Finance Minister Bill English was crowing about it today at a speech...
Major Changes To Auck Planning
Important reports on the future of Auckland- have been released by the governemnt post - the Auckland election and the outcome will help determine how much...
Outlook: A Few Storms
The reality seems to be sinking in for the government as it contemplates a rail-obsessed Auckland council, something abhorrent to its road lobby mates and core philosophy. After...
PPPs Favoured For Next Projects
If you believe yet another new survey, Aucklanders want Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to fund faster infrastructure development.– provided they own the...
English Wants ‘Smarter’ Decisions
Councils and the government are agreeing to work closer together to ensure what minister Bill English calls “smarter infrastructure decisions and investment.” Local...
What Does English Mean?
The NZ Council for Infrastructure Development conference opened today - and Infrastructure minister Bill English talked up the government’s willingness...
Govt Report Acknowleges Locomotives Are ‘Old”
This afternoon’s government infrastructure plan says further KiwiRail rolling stock investment may be looming – but this is “subject to policy decisions about...
Bill English: $7 Billion On Building State Highways
Finance minister Bill English , in a speech in Auckland this afternoon, confirmed that the government will spend $7 billion on improving State Highways in the coming...
