“This investment means local jobs, rebuilding expertise, youth training opportunities, boosting Otago s economy and making our railway more self-reliant.” The facility was expected to result in 150 construction jobs and up to 45 operational KiwiRail jobs, including apprenticeships.
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The Government has put $1.3 billion towards rail in Thursday s Budget. The facility would eventually assemble about 1500 of the 1900 wagons being replaced. But KiwiRail would need to buy about 400 wagons from overseas in the meantime. The Government will put $722m towards replacing wagons and locomotives. That included replacing the remaining 40 of 65 new mainline freight locomotives in the South Island. That amount also would top up funding for a new South Island Mechanical Maintenance Hub in the Christchurch suburb of Waltham, which would provide about 300 construction jobs over three years.
Gisborne District Council has announced a new approach to the build of its $46 million Olympic Pool Complex with higher costs, longer timeframes and a location change.
An original concept image of the 50-metre pool as part of the Olympic Pool Complex redevelopment project.
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Councillors voted for a change in scope and a new approach to the design and build of the pool complex at a public excluded meeting on 22 April.
The council released information about the decision on Tuesday.
Council chief executive Nedine Thatcher Swann said the new approach would see the council appoint a single contractor to design and build the new indoor pool complex.