Government backs Mosgiel inland port with $8.2m loan

Government backs Mosgiel inland port with $8.2m loan
Rail Minister Winston Peters and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones visited Dunedin on Friday. (Image: NZME)
Oliver Lewis
The Government will provide a loan of up to $8.2 million to support a Mosgiel freight hub, the announcement coming just days after Calder Stewart put forward its plans for a rival hub in Milburn.Rail Minister Winston Peters and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones were in Dunedin on Friday to attend the official reopening of the Hillside Workshops. KiwiRail will use the workshops for maintenance and to assemble new wagons.The reconstruction and modernisation of the workshops, which date back to 1875, required $127.97m of investment, includ...

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