Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 12:35 pm, October 17th, 2024 - 21 commentsCategories: Environment, national, nicola willis, nz first, same old national, transport - Tags:The Cook Strait Ferry issue is getting to a critical point. And there is a growing sense that National’s preference to remove rail capacity is meeting with staunch resistance from NZ First. And when asked about the Ferries Winston Peters claimed that with careful maintenance the current ferries could last for twenty years. When asked about rail ferries, David Seymour mused on Q+A that maybe the South Island doesn’t really need a railway system. Costing the country half a billion dollar plus in an anti rail knee jerk response should have a severe consequence.

Source: Stuff October 17, 2024 11:59 UTC