Sean Sweeney: City Rail Link CEO says funding applications require a reasonable amount of information from small businesses

The City Rail Link say they are working very hard to get money out the door.More than half of applications to the CRL Targeted Hardship Fund have been paid or accepted.Auckland Council and the Crown set up the fund in September last year to help inner-city businesses affected by City Rail Link construction.City Rail Link CEO Sean Sweeney told Mike Hosking the applications require a reasonable amount of information from small businesses.“We’ve been trying not to delay anything, once we’ve had the information, it’s used and processed within a week and signed off.”Of the 103 applications, 57 have been granted, 17 declined and 29 are being processed.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.