$25m road repair dispute given court date

$25m road repair dispute given court date
Patching up part of the Mackays to Peka Peka Expressway, north of the Makarini footbridge. (Image: Kāpiti News)
Jem Traylen
A dispute with the insurers of a state highway roading project has been set down for a hearing eight years after the claim was notified.The proceedings were brought by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) and its construction partners over $25 million of resurfacing work on a 16km section of State Highway 1 north of Wellington.The $630m project opened in February 2017 and was part of the Kāpiti Expressway, running between Mackays Crossing and Peka Peka, and was built by Fletcher Construction, Beca Ltd, and Higgins Contractors.‘Pavement...

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