The Strong Towns Podcast
The Strong Towns Podcast
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Why Infrastructure Maintenance Might Be The Real Megaproject
49 minutes Posted Mar 30, 2026 at 10:00 am.
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New Zealand’s infrastructure commission added up every sector’s project wish‑list—and found a bill voters could never realistically pay. In this conversation, Geoff Cooper and Chuck Marohn unpack the national plan that starts by centering maintenance and renewals, then shows how that shifts the debate over big new projects, growth on the fringe, and the pressure on public budgets.
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Geoff Cooper (LinkedIn)
Te Waihanga (Site)
Te Waihanga National Infrastructure Plan (Site)
Chuck Marohn (Substack)
 
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