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May 13, 2025 2 mins

A planned $3 billion inland port in Otago hopes to support soaring freight volumes in the region. 

Construction of the Milburn Quadrant, north of Milton, is expected to start within two years. 

It comes as forecasts predict freight volumes from Central and South Otago are expected to grow 30-40% over the next decade.  

Project Developer Mark Johnston told Mike Hosking the development will include a 55-hectare inland port, offering freight storage and connected to the South Island’s main trunk rail line. 

He says it will be similar to Hamilton's Ruakura inland port and offer land for other industrial development. 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good news for the New Zealand inco I think it.
Targo is to be home of the country's biggest inland port.
Private Vest is looking to think about three billion into
a two hundred hectare development north of Milton. Milton, south
of Dunedin. Of course, the idea to relieve congestion. Freight
is forecast to grow thirty to forty percent over the
next decade. Now, Mark Johnston is the land and delivery
manager that called the Stewart who are one of the

(00:20):
developers and he's with us Mark morning, Mike. Is this
like the Hamilton super Hub?

Speaker 2 (00:27):
It's similar, Similar, Mike, that's right down, similar to Recura.
It's a Bilgin integrated in land port. And also there'll
be land available to develop warehousing and other industrial buildings.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
So is it Yeah, that's what I was going to ask.
Is it movement or storage or both?

Speaker 2 (00:44):
It'll be both, okay.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
So being south of Dunedin. The beauty of the Ruakura
thing is it's part of the diamond, the triangle, whatever
shape you want to call it. What what's Milton part of?

Speaker 2 (00:56):
Well, the majority of all the goods that come to
pork Charmer's and Needin are from Suthland and Otago and
they come down stay hurry won right past our site
on their way through to Dnedin.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
And that growth you're talking about thirty to forty percent
in what.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
That's and logging and other goods just manufactured and grown
in those regions.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
Super encouraging though that it's growing by that much.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Yeah, No, it looks great, and you we're really excited
to present this in landport development for the region.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
Where's it a paper wise red stamp wise eurocricus land
wise bureaucracy rights.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
That's right, that's right. The land is zoned industrial. It
was rezoned several years ago in the community had a
chance to consult on it back then. So we're just
working through the mask plan now and we'll be lodging
for recless content later on the year and building contents
to follow.

Speaker 1 (01:52):
And the time frame roughly in the beast of all
possible worlds.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
We're hoping to be to start construction within twenty four months.

Speaker 1 (01:59):
Good. Are you part of the US track?

Speaker 2 (02:01):
No, we're not, because the land is already zoned. We
don't need to use the first track X for this project,
which is which is encouraging.

Speaker 1 (02:09):
I hope so good luck with it. Go well. Marke
Johnston who's land and deliberate it called the Stewart it's
a big project. They're big and the solar there as
well and you'll be able to benefit if you're involved
in that. For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen
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