Transport Minister Michael Wood says Transmission Gully’s public-private partnership model was a mistake. “Transmission Gully is a botched National Party PPP and we’re experiencing the costs of that now,” Wood said on Tuesday. READ MORE:* Transmission Gully will not open in 2021, transport agency confirms* Transmission Gully: Dozens of resource consents still incomplete* Transmission Gully: Unfinished billion-dollar highway's bumpy road“Unfortunately that has contributed to the situation that we're in now. ROBERT KITCHIN/Stuff Transport Minister Michael Wood said the Transmission Gully contract was “botched” by the previous National Government. Maarten Holl/Stuff The official sod-turning ceremony for Transmission Gully in 2014 just north of Paekākāriki.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 14, 2021 21:48 UTC