An electrified rail system linking Timaru and Christchurch is a potential economic stimulus project being pushed by the Green Party. The idea, floated by Green Party co-leader James Shaw and Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter, comes two weeks after the Road Transport Forum announced they would be lobbying Government to consider “a four-lane highway between Selwyn and Timaru” as part of their economic stimulus projects post-lockdown.

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