Christchurch's long wait for its sports and swimming venueSTUFF A $75 million budget blowout over Christchurch's delayed $300m metro sports facility has seen the new Government axe a deal with a preferred contractor. ANALYSIS: A decade is a long time for a city to wait for sporting facilities. SUPPLIED A concept drawing of the planned Christchurch metro sports facility. Woods has sent the chosen early contractor for Christchurch's new metro sports facility packing. December 2013 - Construction analyst Rider Levett Bucknall forecasts Christchurch construction prices will rises 6.6 per cent in the next year.

Source: Stuff November 21, 2017 06:22 UTC