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$22 billion on just one 95km road ($232 million per km) (www.greaterauckland.org.nz)

submitted 6 days ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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(everyone knows roading budgets usually blow out - the total final cost of Transmission Gully appears to be $2.5bn – double the projected cost of $1.25bn).

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It buys a hell of a lot of post-parliamentary corporate directorships.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 days ago

We really need a better way of managing this risk. I don't have any suggestions but the blatant bribery is a pretty big problem to democracy.