August - September 2020
The promise of I reformed policies will advance infrastructure projects The politicking over priorities and funding is underway over the National Party’s $31 billion infrastructure plans but the promise of pipeline clarity and the focus of the programme as a blueprint draws praise
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f elected in September, National will spend $31 billion on additional transport projects across New Zealand in the next 10 years with plans cemented for a further 10 years. The incumbent Labour Party appears to have been caught a little flatfooted and a revised version of its three-year-old transport infrastructure plan can be expected soon. Of the $31 billion an elected National Party would spend, $17.5 billion will be on additional transport projects in the upper North Island. This includes $12.8 billion for Auckland and it 1.6 million population and $4.7 billion for the remainder
