Picton ferry terminal to create 200 jobs, may increase housing pressure

An artist's impression of what the larger ferry terminal could look like, in Picton.
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About 200 workers are estimated to be needed to build the replacement terminal, which would accommodate KiwiRail's new larger ferries.
The construction project was approved last week, and is a partnership between Port Marlborough, the Marlborough District Council, KiwiRail and Waka Kotahi.
The council's long-term plan, which is open for feedback, warned the terminal was one of two projects set to "stretch" Marlborough's "already very tight housing supply".
Options to help ease the problem "could include hotels, motels and camping grounds, which would benefit [after] the decline in business caused by the coronavirus pandemic and border closures."

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