The government could be set to spend 10 percent of its total budget for new infrastructure for the next 25 years on a highway between Auckland and Whangārei.

“Is this one motorway really worth one-tenth of our entire country’s spending on schools, hospitals, houses and public transport infrastructure?”

  • liv@lemmy.nz
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    8 days ago

    Wow. This is a return to Think Big of the 1970s in all its white elephant glory.

    I know Winston’s bach is in Northland but it would be much cheaper to just pay for him to get helicopter rides.