Haast-Hollyford road to Milford

Hi i'm a supporter on the road called haast hollyfordroad to millford

Rather than costing $250 million, the engineers have assessed it as closer to $2 billion dollars on building the Southland district councillors took just six minutes to support the proposal from Haast-Hollyford Highway Limited being sent to the Otago-Southland Regional Land Transport Committee for consideration.

The 136km road link would connect the West Coast and the Milford Sound-Te Anau road via the Hollyford Valley. An estimated 98 km of new road would be constructed through wilderness and the Fiordland National Park.

he highway's main backer, former Westland mayor and now chairman of Haast Hollyford Highway Ltd, Durham Havill, says he has overseas investors in the wings and construction costs estimated at $250m-plus would be recovered by user toll charges over 30 years. That would mean no financial input was required from national or local public funders.

This is a good idea because it will let tourists get places faster. It takes 6 hours at the moment and the road would make it an hour and a half.