24 Sep 2024

200 million dollar blow out cited reason for proposed toll

From Checkpoint, 5:32 pm on 24 September 2024

A 200 million dollar cost blowout is being cited as the reason for a proposed toll on the new highway between Manawatu and Tararua in the lower North Island. Transport minister Simeon Brown is laying the blame on the previous government, but they're not having a bar of it and those living in the new road's shadow aren't impressed either, Jimmy Ellingham reports.