How to build a $30m road for almost 10 times that
First, push back the project date by several decades. Then throw in heaps of escalations, on the assumption the money will come from the private sector.
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Upgrading a road less than two kilometres in length could cost Auckland ratepayers and developers $250 million by the time it’s built.
The Auckland Council, in pushing back the upgrade to a section of Brigham Creek Rd, from Tamatea Ave to Kauri Road – a distance of 1740 metres – could see
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