Chris Bishop: Transport Minister on the Government signing a $3.6 billion deal to begin work on the Northland Expressway

The Transport Minister wants to get Northland booming as the Government moves ahead with the first stage of the Northland Expressway.  It's signed a $3.6 billion deal with the Northway consortium to design, build, and operate the road, stretching from Warkworth to Te Hana.  The 26-kilometre, four-lane highway will include 15 bridges and twin tunnels a kilometre long.  Chris Bishop told Mike Hosking it'll be an expensive road, but this is the sort of game-changing infrastructure we need.  He’s also offering assurances that it won’t end in a cost blowout – saying there’s extensive conditions in the contract around delivery.  Bishop says the consortium will also maintain the road for 25 years, once it opens in 2033/34.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.