20 Nov 2024

Concrete roads cheaper and less polluting: report

From Morning Report, 6:20 am on 20 November 2024

A new report says building major highways out of concrete instead of asphalt would be 17-percent cheaper on average and less polluting in the long-run. The Infometrics report was commissioned by Concrete New Zealand. Report author Gareth Kiernan spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

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