Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has amended its bid to reopen the railway between Napier and Wairoa, under a proposal signed off behind closed doors last week.
It proposes KiwiRail run the service and maintain the tracks, but is staying silent on details other than to say it’s related to establishing log transport from Wairoa to Napier’s port.
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has amended its bid to reopen the railway between Napier and Wairoa by proposing that KiwiRail run the service as well as maintain the tracks under a proposal signed off in a closed-doors council meeting late last week.
KiwiRail chief executive Peter Reidy told BusinessDesk: ”We want a take or pay arrangement, we won’t take the commercial risk,” he said. “If HBRC is the only customer, then we would expect full cost allocation.”
