The country's biggest infrastructure project, Auckland's $4.4 billion City Rail Link, is preparing for a fast re-start but also needs to get back 20 of its construction staff stuck in the Philippines. Chris Skelton/STUFF Auckland's City Rail Link could cost a lot more than the original estimate of $3.4 billion. City Rail Link Drone footage of the City Rail Link’s Aotea Station site in central Auckland. The project was still moving forward even during lockdown, with around 500 staff working on design, construction planning and consenting. In the wider construction sector, the umbrella organisation Infrastructure New Zealand said the Government and local bodies needed to seize the crisis as an opportunity to make long discussed changes to de-risk the sector.

Source: Stuff April 14, 2020 16:52 UTC