Funded: $1.92m by MBIE (Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit)
Total project cost: $6.65m
Project duration: 3.5 years
New jobs expected over project life: 34
This project will see the completion of a design and the build of a replacement vessel for the Tamahere 94 barge which was used as a work platform in the Waikato and Waipā rivers over the last 50 years.
The Tamahere 94 reached the end of its life and was decommissioned and scrapped. The vessel was a strategic asset used for river management and flood protection works to maintain the stability and capacity of the river channels, undertaking activities such as removal of trees and debris from channels, river control works and stabilisation of river banks. This work can only be undertaken from the water and requires a floating work platform.
The vessel will be built in New Zealand, thereby supporting economic recovery.
