Category: Infrastructure
Ultra-fast broadband to 100,000 students by 30 June 2012
October 11th, 2011
Local MPs Craig Foss and Chris Tremain are rapt to know that by 30 June 2012 14 Napier and Hastings schools will have faster broadband. The roll out of ultra-fast broadband-enabling fibre to schools is progressing well and 14 local schools will benefit from ... read more
Supporting the new ungraded Town Hall in Waipawa
August 29th, 2011
John Hayes and I have supported the upgrade of the CHB Town Hall by ‘purchasing’ a seat. What an awesome facility. The potential for this new and improved town hall is exciting. Weddings, musicals, dancing recitals, any function that comes to ... read more
A big vision is key to Wairoa’s future!
July 6th, 2011
I am fully supportive of the Mayor, Les Proberts, “Think Big” initiative that is currently being debated. The simple rationale is that one has to have a dream to pursue. As individuals we need goals, as businesses we need goals, as towns and cities it’s ... read more
New jobs must come from the export sector!
June 29th, 2011
Between 2004 and 2009 there was no job growth in the Export Sector. Job growth came from both the Government Sector and the Service Sector. This was caused by huge growth in Government spending and a debt fuelled spending binge as our residential houses grew ... read more
Laying Ashphalitic Concrete
June 1st, 2011
Chris and I have worked very hard to get the Hawke’s Bay Airport airport runway extended. Higgins are currently laying Asphaltic Concrete (AC) at the southern end of the extension and today we paid them a visit. It was great to be down on the site and ... read more
Public opinion sought on give way rule changes
May 19th, 2011
Craig Foss MP for Tukituki is encouraging Hawke’s Bay residents to get in behind the process of the Government’s 10-year Safer Journeys road safety strategy. Craig said “Yesterday, Transport Minister Steven Joyce announced that public opinion is ... read more
Ultrafast rural broadband great news
April 29th, 2011
Napier MP Chris Tremain and Tukituki MP Craig Foss welcome the Government’s Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) with Vodafone and Telecom to roll out the service. “This is great news for rural communities and schools with vastly improved and affordable ... read more
HB Expressway Southern Extension Opened
March 15th, 2011
Transport Minister Steven Joyce has officially opened the Hawkes Bay Expressway Southern Extension on SH50A. The Hawke’s Bay express way, as originally planned, is now complete. This is one of the key transportation routes in New Zealand. Getting fantastic ... read more
Matahoura Gorge realignment
March 14th, 2011
Wairoa and Gisborne are now closer to Napier thanks to the new Matahorua Gorge realignment on SH2 north of Napier. Chris Tremain and I were last Friday to celebrate the completion, about one year ahead of original completion plan and significantly under ... read more
Minister Joyce welcomed by Bay MPs
March 10th, 2011
Craig Foss MP for Tukituki and Chris Tremain MP for Napier welcome Transport Minister Steven Joyce to Hawke’s Bay on Friday 11.3.11 to open two major roading projects. “The Matahoura Gorge Realignment is the first to be opened and is an exciting ... read more
