$250k to study cutting logs from roads
(WorldNews New Zealand)

Robyn Edie/Stuff National Party spokesperson for Economic and Regional Development Simon Bridges visiting Invercargill. Logging trucks on southern roads may become a thing of the past as the government announced a $250,000 feasibility study into shifting forestry freight to rail in Southland. Investment into rail was a major feature in more than $40 million of regional spending announced by Regional Economic Development minister Shane Jones on Friday. Northland and the East Coast were the big winners from the first tranche of spending with $17.35m heading to Northland and almost $10m to Hawke`s Bay. Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie said the funding for rail...