Councils were implored to swiftly submit their wish-lists of “shovel-ready” projects to the Infrastructure Reference Group for consideration. “Details on the remaining 138 are sorely needed for industry to plan its future workforce needs and provide meaningful employment in infrastructure construction. The Infrastructure Reference Group projects are in addition to the $12b New Zealand Upgrade Programme that the prime minister unveiled in January. The project was resubmitted to the Infrastructure Reference Group, but there’s still no confirmation. Make no mistake, infrastructure funding has been retooled as blatant vote-catching bait.

Source: Stuff July 06, 2020 17:01 UTC