The Economic Recovery & Reconstruction Plan is an infrastructure-led economic growth strategy focusing on network industries, which covers energy, rail, roads, ports and telecommunications.

At times there is a misconception that this infrastructure investment must be new, so-called greenfield investment, for it to stimulate economic growth. A look at other regions demonstrates that brownfield investment — investment in maintenance of existing infrastructure — is just as important as greenfield investment...

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