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Parting shots and home truths on NZ infrastructure
By Steve Mooney
When infrastructure executive Sean Sweeney left New Zealand in September to lead the MetroLink rail project in Ireland, he did a number...
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Will Street Lights Become the Location of Choice for Sensors?
By Sara El Feky, Karl Göransson, Walter Longwe and Graham Mawer
There are more than 300 million street lights in the world and they are...
Veka PP: A Lighting Solution to Make Pedestrian Crossings Safer
By Connected Light Solutions
Pedestrian crossings are a critical part of urban mobility, where traffic flow meets foot traffic. In Europe alone, 73% of road...
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Seizing the infrastructure moment
New Zealand, says Nick Leggett, is having an “infrastructure moment” with a widespread public understanding of the need to invest in new infrastructure and...
Improving asset management in Queensland
What do Olympic champion Kieren Perkins, minister for infrastructure, transport and regional development, Catherine King, and the president of the Local Government Finance Professionals...
Accounting for assets
Tanya Garost started her professional career as an accountant and had been working in Canada’s local government sector for around five years when changes...
Asset management as a “life skill”
When Ursula Bryan began her career in asset management in the early 1990’s she wanted to join an organisation with a clear purpose.
Then a...
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Local Government needs a seat at the table on housing: ALGA
Australia’s local government sector had a critical role in helping to address the nation’s housing crisis, but was locked out of the planning process...
Liverpool recognised for climate action in film and music
The British city of Liverpool has been named the world’s first climate action Accelerator City.
The recognition was given by the United Nations’ Entertainment and...
Parting shots and home truths on NZ infrastructure
By Steve Mooney
When infrastructure executive Sean Sweeney left New Zealand in September to lead the MetroLink rail project in Ireland, he did a number...
UK local councils facing A$8.4 billion black hole, says new report
Local governments across England, Scotland and Wales face a £4.3 billion (A$8.4 billion) hole in their finances in the coming year which could force...
$330 million boost for smart streetlighting in Italy
An investment fund focused on smart city infrastructure and seeded by a major Dutch pension fund has invested another 200 million euros (A$330 million)...
NZ water reforms increase councils’ power to raise debt
Council controlled water organisations in New Zealand will be able to significantly increase their borrowing ability under reforms proposed by the central government in...
