The Infrastructure Commission CE made *the crucial point* about the cost of roads, water, energy being “significantly higher building out” this week on RNZ, saying we “don’t need marginal additions to the network on the edge of the city if we can get more capacity inside the city.”

Rather than cancel or disrupt well advanced projects for new Cook Strait ferries, new regional hospitals and major social housing developments, Ministers could save billions - including for council rates in opex - by making economically rational, better value decisions on urban infrastructure.