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#1 Sloan

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Posted 06 August 2017 - 08:09 AM

 

 

Labour is promising to build a 20km light rail line from the city to the airport as a priority - partly funded by higher petrol prices - leader Jacinda Ardern announced today.

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Posted 26 August 2019 - 08:38 PM

IRJ, 8/23/19
 

Two delivery partners shortlisted for Auckland light rail

 

 

NZ Infra, a joint venture between the New Zealand Super Fund (NZSF) and Canada’s CDPQ Infra group, and the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) will both further develop their proposals, with a decision due to be made on the final design early next year.

 

The government announced in May that it had launched a procurement process for a two-line light rail network after NZSF submitted an unsolicited proposal offering to assess the viability of the project for commercial investment.

 

“What NZ Infra is proposing has never been considered before in New Zealand, based on a public-public investment model,” Minister of transport, Mr Phil Twyford, says. “This includes co-designing the asset with the government and its partners, with the majority of financing and risk transferred to NZ Infra.

 

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