A 20-year infrastructure programme to protect New Zealand's economy against a major Wellington earthquake looks far from a done deal. It's proposed a coordinated $5.3b, 20-year programme of infrastructure projects to reduce the impact of a 7.5 magnitude earthquake on the country's economy. ROSA WOODS/STUFF Regional council chairman Daran Ponter says he supports the programme generally. ROSA WOODS/STUFF A proposed Wellington resilience programme will need to be balanced against other priorities such as upgrading the region's passenger trains, Greater Wellington Regional Council says. The resilience report highlighted a number of transport projects that improved resilience, which aligned with NZTA's study of Wellington's transport network resilience, he said.

Source: Stuff December 02, 2019 15:48 UTC