1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Bring it back home. More details in this country's design 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: to build stuff. We've got this morning the preferred route 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: for the Northland Expressway. Rather than bypassing the Brin Durwins, 4 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: we're planning to go right over the top. There's a 5 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: bill attached to that one on every ten dollars that 6 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: we will spend on infrastructure in the next twenty five 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: years will be consumed by this project. To loan the 8 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: Transport Minister Chris Bishop, good morning, Good morning. Given the size, 9 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: cost and complexity of this, what do you reckon the 10 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 1: chances of a massive blowout are. 11 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 2: It's undoubtedly a challenging project, there's no question about that. 12 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 3: The geology, the terrain, the geography. 13 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,519 Speaker 2: Every unsaware of the challenges I think around the Brin 14 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 2: Durwins and over the whole route. So absolutely there's a 15 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 2: chance that things will slip. But that's why we're doing 16 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 2: all a lot of work right now, so detailed design, 17 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,880 Speaker 2: consenting work, getting the designations right, getting the funding model rights. 18 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 2: There's a lot of work going on right now to 19 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 2: try and avoid all that. But of course you can't. 20 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 2: You can't say that there won't be potential slippages and 21 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 2: cost it's a very challenging route. 22 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: Just run us through the numbers. When's it, when's it finished, 23 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: and what's the bill. 24 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 3: Don't know yet on all of those things. 25 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 2: That's partly why that's that's one of the reasons why 26 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 2: we're doing it in stages to try and get all 27 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 2: that stuff right. So Walkworth to Tahna, which is the 28 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 2: next road, the next section from the except from the 29 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 2: end of the Northern Motorway right now, that will that's 30 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 2: in procurement, that will likely start construction towards mid to 31 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 2: late twenty twenty six, and that will take some time 32 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 2: to build. In terms of the Brandurwans and the rest 33 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 2: of the road, the Northern Expressway, we're working our way 34 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 2: through that and we'll have more to say once we've 35 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 2: got a finalized, confirmed route and once they've done. NDTA 36 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 2: has done a lot of work around the other designations 37 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:46,319 Speaker 2: and the consents. So don't want to put a number 38 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 2: on these things now because if I give you a number, 39 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 2: we'll turn up in three years time and you're telling 40 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: me the numbers change and someone will accuse me of 41 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 2: misleading people. 42 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 3: And I want to do that. 43 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: Is it in my lifetime? 44 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 3: Yes? 45 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 2: Absolutely, Yes, the North. Think about the Whitecatto Expressway, that's 46 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 2: that top. You know, fifteen to twenty years to build, 47 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 2: start at two thousand and six. It's sort of basically done. 48 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 2: Now we've got the next extension to Cambridge to Peer 49 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 2: Tody to go. But you know that just got progressively 50 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 2: chunked off in stages over about a fifteen year period 51 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 2: and it's been transformational for the White Kaddow. 52 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 3: That's what the Northern Expressway will be like. 53 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 1: So no quick ges. 54 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 3: It will be done on your lifetime. Good. We just 55 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 3: need to get on. 56 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: And that's not because you think I'm really young, is it? 57 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 3: Now? 58 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: Listen let me I've been reading about the Ujiang Grand 59 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: Canyon Bridge. 60 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 3: Do you know about that? I'm vaguely familiar with it yet. 61 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: Right, So it opens in June. It's the world's tallest bridge. 62 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: They started building it in twenty two, they're finishing in 63 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: twenty five. How can the Chinese build the world's tallest bridge, 64 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: suspension bridge. It's a work of wonder in three years 65 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: and we can't even build a road in fifteen. 66 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 3: Yeah. 67 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 2: Well, I am pushing NZTA and all the contractors who 68 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 2: work on these broads around the country to crack on 69 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 2: with it in an We just need to do what 70 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 2: we can as quickly as we can to get on 71 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 2: and build the infrastructure he is ill on needs. 72 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: All right, appreciate your time. Didn't sound overly optimistic, did it, 73 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: Chris Bishop, the Transport Minister. That bridge, by the way 74 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 1: twenty two thousand tons trusts. Each trust is twenty two 75 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: thousand tons, which is the equivalent of three Eiffel towels. 76 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 3: Look it up. 77 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: It's spectacular. It will reduce the travel time through the 78 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: canyon from two hours to one minute. For more from 79 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: the mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to news talks. It'd 80 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: be from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.