Matthew Hooton: Michael Wood, light rail and the new role that could wreck a career
8 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Transport Minister Michael Wood. Photo / Alex Burton
NZ Herald
OPINION:
If the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, then Transport Minister Michael Wood's announcement of an Establishment Unit for light rail makes him
certifiable.
The same officials, from the same agencies, will do the same analysis, based on the same basic facts and assumptions, that they've been doing for a decade. Despite their best efforts – and those of the investment bankers and project managers at the Super Fund and CDPQ Infra – no one has been able to make the engineering, economics, environmental impact, politics and construction plan add up.