Hamish Glenn Infrastructure New Zealand Presentation to the EPA - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Hamish Glenn Infrastructure New Zealand Presentation to the EPA East West Link September 6, 2017

Key points • We support the East-West Link • Chronic congestion in such an important economic location must be resolved • Public transport is not sufficient to meet travel needs • Road capacity must be enhanced • The proposal enhances road capacity and has an enduring impact on accessibility in the area

Congestion 2046 AM peak – ATAP BUT… • A congestion-less East West corridor within a congested national strategic network suggests it is not part of that network

National significance • If this is a nationally significant project: 1. Objections must be nationally significant. • We don’t think they are 2. Outcomes must also be nationally significant. • We don’t think they are either • To be nationally significant, East West must connect the nationally significant transport network – Support movement between State Highways – Extend further east

Sochi to Krasnaya Polyana

Sochi vs Onehunga Sochi to Krasnaya Polyana East West link • US$9.4 billion • NZ$1.8 billion • 40km • 5.5km = US$235 million per km = NZ$327 million per km = US$236 million per km September 6, 2017

Thank you