Milford monorail developer optimistic now competitor axed

Milford monorail developer optimistic now competitor axed
By Pattrick Smellie July 17 (BusinessDesk) – The overland monorail tunnel project to take tourists to Milford Sound is more likely to proceed now that the main opposition, the proposed Milford Dart tunnel option, has been declined by Conservation Minister Nick Smith, says the $175 million alternative’s backer. “The tunnel would be competition,” said Bob Robertson, chairman of Infinity Investment Group, which is backing the above ground alternative, the Fiordland Experience. “The best way to get nothing done would be to approve them both,” he...