Growing infrastructure pipeline not ‘translating into projects coming to market’

Growing infrastructure pipeline not ‘translating into projects coming to market’
The Government has billions of dollars of infrastructure projects on the go, including the Penlink highway north of Auckland. (Image: NZTA)
Oliver Lewis
The pipeline of planned infrastructure projects keeps growing, but professionals are seemingly frustrated at a lack of market-ready work.Treasury released its investment monitoring report for the quarter ending September 2024 on Tuesday, a day after the Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga, released an update on the National Infrastructure Pipeline, saying the value of projects with an identified funding source had increased by $8.1 billion to $107.9b.The Treasury report, which only covers Crown investments, said the value of planned medium-...

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