Northland Expressway dangled to investors at big Auckland summit

Northland Expressway dangled to investors at big Auckland summit
The first stage of the 100-kilometre Northland Expressway will connect to the Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway, pictured here. (Image: NX2)
Oliver Lewis
The Government will use its much-hyped infrastructure investment summit to open calls for parties interested in building the first stage of the Northland Expressway.As BusinessDesk has reported, the highway is one of only four public-private partnership (PPP) opportunities that will be ready for investors in the shorter term.Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop said the Government would formally open registrations of interest for the first stage of the expressway, a 26-kilometre stretch between Warkworth and Te Hana connecting to the existing P...

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