Wayne Brown: we don’t need ‘world class’, we need ‘affordable’
Mayor says Auckland needs to get away from ‘gold plating’ rail, highways and bridges while Infrastructure Commission reveals 35% of all projects go over budget.
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown says New Zealand needs to get away from promoting projects as "world class" and get on with constructing infrastructure suitable to a small country.
Brown told delegates at an Infrastructure Commission symposium in Auckland that the focus on "gold plating stuff" was