Quote Originally Posted by Blue Skies View Post
Hey Balance I'm with you on this one. We were shocked when we found out their plans & expressed strong opposition to the the expansion of the port into the harbour esp letting friends & neighbours know who didn't know because unbelievably it was non-notifiable.
It's def in the wrong place & needs to be moved, just not sure about feasibility of Whangarei.
Northport commissioned a study way back in 2009/10 which showed that it could accommodate the projected increase of bulk cargo and containers instead of POA - as long as the government funded the upgrade of rail through to Northport.

Projected cost at that time for the upgrade to a dedicated freight rail line was $250m.

The study was presented to the government at that time which decided it was not worth its political capital to push for such a proposal.

The rest, as they say, is history.