Ideas wanted: new Government framework to boost market-led proposals for infrastructure

Ideas wanted: new Government framework to boost market-led proposals for infrastructure
Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop has announced new plans for market-led infrastructure proposals. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
The Government is inviting the private sector to bring more of their ideas to the table while at the same time asking public sector agencies with new project ideas to think twice before putting their hands out for taxpayer funds.A new framework for market-led proposals (MLPs) will make it easier for the private sector, iwi, and other non-government entities to propose new infrastructure project ideas to Government, according to an announcement released by Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop on Monday afternoon.'Funding gaps'The Governm...

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