20 Aug 2024

Business commentator Oli Lewis

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 20 August 2024

The Penlink highway to improve a new state highway between the Whangaparaoa Peninsula and central Auckland is going to take until at least 2028 to complete - two years later than originally forecast.

And Oli talks to Kathryn about Ministry of Transport  concerns that NZTA  isn't able to properly forecast and meet project budget and timelines.

An animation of Waka Kotahi's planned O Mahurangi Penlink road connecting Whangaparaoa Peninsula.

An animation of Waka Kotahi's planned O Mahurangi Penlink road connecting Whangaparaoa Peninsula. Photo: NZTA

Oli Lewis is the Infrastructure Editor at BusinessDesk.