NZ needs an outcomes-based infrastructure plan

NZ needs an outcomes-based infrastructure plan
Brent Melville
New Zealand’s infrastructure-led covid recovery will require a massive shift away from a perennial focus on budgets and process and towards clear spatial land use outcomes, says Infrastructure NZ. Policy director Hamish Glenn said while it was great to hear new Infrastructure Minister Grant Robertson commit to integrating government’s transport, water and building programmes, there was a huge question mark about where the country was going, mainly because defined outcomes "need to be firmly defined and published as part of...

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