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Better procurement could unlock billions of dollars in value from New Zealand’s $129 billion infrastructure pipeline, industry groups say.
The Treasury’s new pipeline forecast could help contractors invest in staff and kit by giving clearer visibility of future government work.
Road contractors warn a nearly GBP £3 billion roading shortfall over two years is delaying jobs and leaving crews idle across New Zealand.
The new hub is expected to ease congestion, cut emissions and free up the city’s ageing freight yard for housing and business development.
Road freight operators say the new works will ease bottlenecks, but they want four-lane routes to match future traffic growth.
Road maintenance is up, but state highway investment is down sharply, heightening fears of a future infrastructure deficit as traffic grows.
Record transport spending will not ease congestion or housing shortages fast enough, according to Infrastructure New Zealand, which says funding still lags Australia.
Greater use of private capital is still needed as New Zealand’s Budget only partly meets the country’s infrastructure investment gap, industry leaders say.
Auckland’s transport funding gap is so large that a fuel tax would cover only a fraction of the needed NZD $10 billion, carriers say.
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Road freight operators warn the replacement route must avoid repeats of months-long disruption and cope with heavy trucks on steep grades.
Public feedback opens on four cheaper routes after the Manawatū Gorge closure left the region without a safe state highway link.
A cloud-based compliance platform is giving the NZ Transport Agency, Auckland Council and contractor a single live view of consents on the $709.5m motorway.
NZTA partners with New Zealand software company CS-VUE to manage $709.5m motorway project from Pūhoi to Warkworth.
Electric vehicles are set to share special vehicle lanes on Auckland roads, thanks to a new initiative by the NZTA.
Shipping containers have kept Queenstown’s Kawarau Falls Bridge replacement moving through extreme weather and a wide river crossing.
Strong productivity gains lifted KiwiRail to a $52 million underlying surplus despite a $40 million hit from the Kaikoura earthquake.
A specialist procurement body could unlock up to NZD $12 billion in extra value from New Zealand’s $125 billion infrastructure programme.
Freight may return to the quake-hit South Island rail line within a month, easing road pressure and cutting transport costs for customers.
We all know the frustration of travelling to and from major events, this is how the Royal New Zealand Air Force avoided a traffic disaster...
