10 Mar 2021

High Court appeal considered over East-West Link

From Morning Report, 6:10 am on 10 March 2021

An environmental group says a new High Court decision risks setting a precedent that could significantly harm environmentally important areas.

The High Court has upheld a Board of Inquiry decision granting resource consent to the stalled East-West Link road in Auckland.

Forest and Bird is considering appealing to the highest court in the land - the Supreme Court.

Its lawyer Peter Anderson told RNZ reporter Hamish Cardwell the High Court's decision could open the door to infrastructure projects that would previously have been rejected.