Labour floats $900m cost for new ferries

Labour floats $900m cost for new ferries
A render of one of the rail-enabled ferries KiwiRail contracted to buy for the Cook Strait service. (Image: KiwiRail)
Oliver Lewis
The replacement plan for two new Interislander ferries could cost $900 million, Labour has suggested, although the Government is staying tight-lipped ahead of an announcement this week.Labour’s finance spokeswoman, Barbara Edmonds, asked Finance Minister Nicola Willis in the House on Tuesday if she had set aside $900m for two non-rail enabled ferries that would be smaller than the 220m ferries ordered under the cancelled Interislander replacement project (iReX).“Mr Speaker, I do not believe it is in the public interest to answer tha...

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