33486 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport

33486 (2025). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport: Does the Minister stand by his statement that toll concessions can potentially deliver roading projects "years earlier than would otherwise be feasible"; if so, what specific time savings, if any, have been modelled for major projects under a concession framework approach?

Hon Chris Bishop: Yes, I stand by that statement. The capital contributions from concessions could bring projects forward by potentially years by enabling capital from future tolling revenue to be capitalised up-front and invested into new projects. The specific time savings expected for any roads subject to concessions are currently commercially sensitive and subject to the market sounding process. The capital contributions and discount rate assumptions for concessions are currently commercially sensitive and subject to the market sounding process.