Plans to spend nearly $40 million upgrading marine infrastructure in the Marlborough Sounds have been labelled "unnecessary", while others are worried their area will miss out on improvements.
Council’s Assets & Services Committee today approved the Marlborough Sounds Future Access Study’s Programme Business Case. The committee’s recommendation will be reviewed at a special Council meeting on 10 October, before it is submitted .
Council’s Assets & Services Committee has approved the establishment of a holding account to fund critical storm repairs within the Marlborough Sounds Future Access Study Area (MSFAS). <img src='https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2308/ff52f2fd5292aaf1f55e.jpeg' .
Urgent road repairs are needed in the Marlborough Sounds to ensure safety, while the council waits for a study to determine the future of the region's damaged road network.
Work by engineering consultancy Stantec to prepare a business case on behalf of Council and Waka Kotahi to fund a future-proof transport network in the Sounds is moving ahead. Mayor Nadine Taylor said it was a very complex piece of work but progress .