Chris Bishop: PPP approach not suitable for Northwest Busway

Chris Bishop: PPP approach not suitable for Northwest Busway
Transport Minister Chris Bishop with Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown and local MP Chris Penk for the Northwest Busway announcement. (Image: Supplied)
Oliver Lewis
The Government has signalled it won’t take a public-private partnership approach to deliver a new multibillion-dollar Auckland busway.Last week, Transport Minister Chris Bishop announced the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) board had endorsed an investment case for the Northwest Busway project, intended to service the fast-growing and car-dependent suburbs of northwest Auckland.The project would be staged, Bishop said, building on the success of the Western Express (WX1) bus service, which was launched in 2023 and connects Westgate to...

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