\u00a0Two months on from its precipitate decision to scrap Interislander ferries and terminal upgrades, the Government has yet to unfurl its Plan B.<\/p>\n
But this week we got a chance to see inside the engine room of Plan A during KiwiRail chair David McLean and CEO Peter Reidy\u2019s Cook Strait-crossing-length three-hour appearance before the Transport and Infrastructure select committee.<\/p>\n
As becomes professional directors in their relationship with shareholders, the pair emphasised they respected the Government\u2019s decision to scrap the plan, after the estimated cost escalated to almost $3 billion.<\/p>\n
Yet it was hard not to come away from the hearing feeling KiwiRail\u2019s disappointment and the sense it still believes the project was unfairly maligned and its decommissioning was ill-advised.<\/p>\n
The Interisland Resilient Connection (iRex) project was, they said, all about growth and capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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