Comments on: What $2.2 billion can buy http://transportblog.co.nz/2009/05/08/what-2-2-billion-can-buy/ Mon, 21 May 2012 15:26:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: jarbury http://transportblog.co.nz/2009/05/08/what-2-2-billion-can-buy/#comment-40 jarbury Sat, 09 May 2009 09:06:48 +0000 http://transportblog.co.nz/?p=380#comment-40 For the Waterview connection buying property is a big chunk of the price-tag, if a surface level option is chosen. It has never been designated so houses would have to be purchased, furthermore actually getting the designation sorted for a surface level option might be incredibly difficult if not impossible. Well... that is unless National completely gut the RMA. For the Waterview connection buying property is a big chunk of the price-tag, if a surface level option is chosen. It has never been designated so houses would have to be purchased, furthermore actually getting the designation sorted for a surface level option might be incredibly difficult if not impossible.

Well… that is unless National completely gut the RMA.

]]> By: George Darroch http://transportblog.co.nz/2009/05/08/what-2-2-billion-can-buy/#comment-41 George Darroch Sat, 09 May 2009 03:56:14 +0000 http://transportblog.co.nz/?p=380#comment-41 Can you explain why building roads is such an expensive business? I always wonder where the costs come from - surely labour and machinery is expensive, but that expensive? Can you explain why building roads is such an expensive business? I always wonder where the costs come from – surely labour and machinery is expensive, but that expensive?

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