Fletcher Residential CEO Steve Evans backs Auckland passenger rail extension

Fletcher Residential CEO Steve Evans backs Auckland passenger rail extension
Fletcher Residential chief executive Steve Evans is a fan of rail. (Image: Fletcher)
Oliver Lewis
If there was no rail access, it’s possible Fletcher Residential wouldn’t have bought nearly 110 hectares of land in northwest Auckland. So says Fletcher's chief executive of residential and development Steve Evans. Evans recently made a submission to the transport select committee as part of its inquiry into inter-regional passenger rail, which he supports. However, his interests are more intra-regional – that is, restoring a passenger service to the northwest of Swanson, to Taupaki, Kumeū and Huapai. &...

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