Kiwi infrastructure balances performance, risk and cost in trillion dollar trilemma

Kiwi infrastructure balances performance, risk and cost in trillion dollar trilemma

Priyani de Silva-Currie’s hometown has suffered three one-in-100-year floods in the past five years. And worse, the NZ Infrastructure Commission projects the city’s flood risk will more than double over the next 50 years. “Look at Whakatū Nelson, where I live, and the adjoining settlement of Māpua may soon be underwater,” says de Silva-Currie. “We are not going to be putting more flood protections up in Māpua. It just won’t happen. The region ca…