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Ross Copland: Infrastructure Commission Chief Executive on report finding country needs about $31 billion annually to build our way out of o

from Best of Business · host Newstalk ZB

The gaping hole in New Zealand's infrastructure may never be filled.A new report from the Infrastructure Commission has found we'd need about $31 billion annually to build our way out of our current infrastructure challenges.Commission Chief Executive Ross Copland accepts that kind of spending simply isn't viable.He told Mike Hosking we need to look at other solutions, including trying to reduce demand on infrastructure.Copland says that could include things like pricing measures, and more sophisticated approaches to planning.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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