BigD

Makes a lot of sense.
Rail vs trucks as well as solar powered buildings.

Construction giant Calder Stewart has proposed a "$3 billion" solar-powered inland port it says will boost Otago's export capacity and create hundreds of jobs.

The 'Milburn Quadrant development', north of Milton, would span over 200ha in total and host a 55ha inland port that connected directly to State Highway 1 and the South Island's main trunk rail line, a statement issued this morning said.
#port
#inlandport
#otago
#solarroofs

'$3 billion' Otago inland port proposal revealed https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560948/3-billion-otago-inland-port-proposal-revealed

'$3 billion' Otago inland port proposal revealed

Construction giant Calder Stewart says it will boost the region's export capacity and create hundreds of jobs.

RNZ
May 14, 2025 at 2:10amWeb
Show threadCrafty Gardener NZMay 14, 2025
@BigD More trains and solar power, I'm totally there for it 🚂 🌞
Show threadBob LeFridge  May 19, 2025

The Port Chalmers road is full of container & logging trucks and the Port lacks storage space. Calder Stewart's announcement last week of a 200ha inland facility north of Milton, covered in solar, with direct connections to SH1 & the main trunk rail line. The rail connection will remove 10,000 heavy truck trips from the road each year. Even better, the entire $3bn project will be privately financed by Calder Stewart.

A few days later, Shane Jones announced the government was giving Port Otago and Dynes Transport an $8.2m loan for a competing plan to put an inland port in Mosgiel. This can only proceed if NZTA funds a heavy traffic bypass, which they’ve said they won’t do. And I’m sure Mosgiel folks don’t want a massive increase in trucking movements to clog their roads.

Whatever happened to ‘let the market decide’? Trust this coalition to back the wrong horse.

Govt funding:
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/government-opens-wallet-mosgiel-inland-port

@craftygardennz @BigD @Antigrav

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Government opens wallet for Mosgiel inland port

Days after Calder Stewart unveiled plans for a "$3 billion" inland port in South Otago, the government has stumped up $8 million for the rival...

Otago Daily Times Online News
Show threadCMDR Yojimbosan 🅅⁂May 19, 2025
@BobLefridge @craftygardennz @BigD @Antigrav Sounds like National ministers don't own enough shares of Calder Stewart to me.
Show threadBob LeFridge  May 20, 2025

One plan seems to be forward-thinking, fully-funded and very environmentally friendly. The other is fraught with difficulties and will likely require substantial government funding.

I wonder which donor/s Shane Jones was rewarding this time?

@yojimbo @craftygardennz @BigD @Antigrav

Show threadJoe  May 20, 2025
@BobLefridge @craftygardennz @BigD, haha, signs of the quality of this government - first you rob women to have some money for the budget, then you waste it where you don't have to and achieve a second grade outcome.
Show threadJoe  May 14, 2025
@BigD , Milton, I guess, is better than Mosgiel regarding flooding - I guess they would've worked that out.
Less trucks on the road, yay !
Show threadBigDMay 14, 2025
@Antigrav Calder Stewart are locals. They hopefully know where to build. They have built some impressive stuff elsewhere in the south. It looks a huge investment they are making, so let's hope it works for the good of many.