A $26million boost for rail maintenance will create jobs in the South. The Government has announced $60million will be granted from the Provincial Growth Fund to councils and KiwiRail to create jobs. That investment will create work for 200 people, including new rail trainees, local regional contractors, and redeployed KiwiRail staff, across several regions. Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones said $27.2million would go into local roading projects, $26million into rail projects, and nearly $6.8million to the Ministry of Social Development to support workers into training to take up the jobs. That included $1.9million for planting projects in the Buller District and work on the Greymouth Reservoir Replacement Project, which would create 30 jobs.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 14, 2020 16:30 UTC