Hawke's Bay expressway costs put at $850m-$1.2b

Hawke's Bay expressway costs put at $850m-$1.2b
The Government is committed to widening the existing Hawke's Bay expressway. (Image: NZME)
Oliver Lewis
The Hawke’s Bay expressway could cost between $850 million and $1.2 billion, according to an estimate provided to potential suppliers – a figure that aligns exactly with documents leaked to the NZ Herald.BusinessDesk sought an explanation from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) for why the range disclosed in tender documents differed from publicly available figures in the State Highway Investment Proposal (SHIP) released in April.That document (which uses $ symbols to indicate different estimated cost ranges) said the expresswa...

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