Chippy once again opening his mouth and spilling garbage

[C_T_Russell]

Damn right, the previous ferry plan was a sinking ship, excuse the pun.

This new plan will also expect the private sector to cough up and fund their port upgrade in the future that they make all the profit from as well.
Its their fault if they have under-invested and put off upgrading it, the govt should not have to bear the costs of that.

So Nicky No Boats cans the previous plan with replacement ferries already half built and now comes up with a half arsed strategy to go looking for ferries that look to be not only more expensive than iRex but also far less functional?

On top of that the major proportion of the previous ferry plan was in upgrading the sadly outdated port facilities on both ends so Nicola outsources those expenses to the Wellington and Picton Ports authorities which makes her numbers look better, and delays the who caboodle into the next financial year in an attempt to improve the balance sheets of this economically inept government? Sounds like a great plan

I know Winston is not stupid and I trust he made the right decision.
Lots of these details are commercially sensitive so its best to wait and see how it plays out, its not a decision he would have taken lightly.