Watchdog raises red flag on $6b light rail 'process'

Watchdog raises red flag on $6b light rail 'process'
Brent Melville
Auditor-General John Ryan is questioning the procurement process for Auckland’s troubled $6 billion light rail project and hinted a full inquiry is still possible.The watchdog's concerns centre around the ‘parallel process’ to select a delivery partner for the city-to-Māngere rail line, based on just two competing proposals. One put forward by the New Zealand Transport Agency and the other by NZ Infra, a joint venture between the NZ Superannuation Fund and Canadian institutional investor Caise de Depot et Placement du Queb...

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