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NZ government seeks $1 bln saving by making PÅ«hoi-Warkworth Highway a PPP

Wednesday 27th May 2015

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The government will put the financing and construction of the PÅ«hoi-Warkworth Highway out to tender as a public private partnership (PPP), a structure that Transport Minister Simon Bridges says may free up $1 billion of state funding for other projects.

The Auckland to Northland link road will be the second of the so called roads of national significance to be developed using a PPP after the Wellington Gateway Partnership led by a unit of ASX listed Leighton Holdings won the contract to build the $850 million Transmission Gully motorway north of Wellington, set to open in 2020.

“Cabinet has approved the NZ Transport Agency to move to the next stage of procurement as a PPP to finance, design and build the project,” Bridges said. "NZTA will invite private sector companies to put forward proposals for financing, designing and constructing the highway, with a view to awarding a PPP contract in October 2016."

“If, however, the private sector can’t offer value for money, NZTA would instead revert to a more traditional procurement model," Bridges said. "Construction without a PPP would likely begin around two years later than under a PPP.”

 

 

 

 

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