NZTA appoints infrastructure delivery manager to steer massive work programme

NZTA appoints infrastructure delivery manager to steer massive work programme
A viaduct on the new Manawatū –Tararua Highway. (Image: NZTA)
Oliver Lewis
The New Zealand Transport Agency has appointed former Infrastructure NZ chair Andrew Stevens to a critical infrastructure delivery role.The agency parachuted WSP transport director Peter Wiles in as acting national manager for infrastructure delivery last June for a secondment that was initially meant to last just six months.Vanessa Browne, the interim group manager for transport services at NZTA, said Stevens was appointed to the role in a permanent capacity from Feb 3 following what she described as a robust procurement process in late 2024 a...

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