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  •   Home > News > National > Upper North Island

    Bids for stage one of the country's most expensive infrastructure project are down to a shortlist of three groups, made of local and international companies

    Bids for stage one of the country's most expensive infrastructure project are down to a shortlist of three groups, made of local and international companies


    The Northland Express contract-winner will design and build four lanes spanning 26-kilometres from Warkworth to Te Hana - including an 850-metre-long tunnel.

    Herald political editor Adam Pearse says the infrastructure commission's estimated it to be the biggest ever investment of its kind.

    A group's expected to be chosen early next year, witrh construction to follow by year's end.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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