Work at Auckland Light Rail Limited (ALR) is shifting up a gear as the clock counts down for significant project milestones that will shape Auckland and benefit wider New Zealand — the confirmation in a few weeks of the route and station locations, and the lodging with Auckland Council of our notices of requirement to protect the land needed to build light rail.
Together, these actions clear the way for progressing the country’s largest transport infrastructure project — protecting the route, completion of our corridor business case and next year the start of our procurement process and all the opportunities that will bring to New Zealand’s infrastructure industry and its companies and workers.
Our rapid progress comes at a time when the international economic environment is tough. New Zealand is doing pretty well in that environment but we mustn’t let ourselves fall behind, especially when it comes to helping tackle what Treasury identifies as our biggest economic challenge — low productivity.
