Hawke’s Bay Water Storage Receives PGF Funding

Water storage is one of the biggest winners in an $18.8 million investment package revealed for the region.

Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Regional Economic Development, Fletcher Tabuteau, announced The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) will also invest in infrastructure, employment projects in Napier and Hastings and local primary sector growth.

The $18.8 million package is part of a wider $68.3 million investment package for the province.

Tabuteau said the funding reflects the “variety of challenges Hawke’s Bay desperately needed to address to secure future growth.

Photo: The Bay’s water and primary sector growth are the biggest winners in today’s PGF announcement. For more on this and other great Hawke’s Bay stories go to hawkesbaytoday.co.nz Posted: 12 June 2019