Public Works sweetener payments won’t cost the earth – Linz
Land agency and the NZTA say the incentives should be about half a percent of project value, citing about $20m across an initial three major national highway jobs.
What’s at stake: Key Cabinet briefing document underplays the costs associated with dangling a carrot in front of landowners to ensure big projects get off the ground.
Background: The Public Works Act, seen as a significant bottleneck to necessary land purchases, is being updated – including a stipend for landowners to sign up quickly.
Main players: Land Information Minister Chris Penk, Linz, NZTA, Cabinet, Linz policy manager Stacey Newlands.
Incentive payments to landowners to progress the Government’s ‘critical infrastructure’ and Roads of National Significance programme will come in at less than half a percent of the overall list costs of those projects, Land Information New Zealand (Linz) says.
The initial estimates are based
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What’s at stake: Key Cabinet briefing document underplays the costs associated with dangling a carrot in front of landowners to ensure big projects get off the ground.
Background: The Public Works Act, seen as a significant bottleneck to necessary land purchases, is being updated – including a stipend for landowners to sign up quickly.
Main players: Land Information Minister Chris Penk, Linz, NZTA, Cabinet, Linz policy manager Stacey Newlands.
