Services for petrol plant to cost $42M
PA Wellington - The cost of services related to the proposed synthetic petrol plant in Taranaki is estimated to be $42 million, according to the Minister of Energy (Mr Birch). ’ ' r The money would cover gas and product pipelines, gasoline storage, port loading and deballasting' facilities;, water supply, effluent dis-; posal, power supply, /and. road and bridge strengthening. Mrs Ann Hercus (Lab.;
Lyttelton) said the answer to her question indicated the “horrific” costs to the . taxpayer of “thinking big.” ( “$42 million is a first estimate so it will no doubt rise as rapidly as the first estim-idtes-of the over-all project,”. She said.' ’ ' '■'•••- . ' , f I According to Mrs Hercus, if the over-all estimate had risen- from ■ $3OO 'million-.two years ago to at least $750 million today, the infrastructure costs .would be more than $lOO million in 1981 dollars.
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