A new Defence Force engineering facility at Linton Army Camp will cost the government $47 million, and will replace existing workshops, Defence Minister Peeni Henare says.
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
The new facility to be built at the camp near Palmerston North would the largest of its kind in New Zealand, used to maintain and upgrade military vehicles, weapons, and equipment.
"Many of the engineering workshops at Linton Army Camp were built in the 1940s. The new workshops will support the Army's primary operational force ... which services over 3000 personnel and several hundred vehicles," Henare said.
Henare said it had been designed with sustainability and energy efficiency in mind. It will have an electric vehicle charging station, rainwater harvesting, low energy heating systems, and the ability to support solar and wind electricity generation.
McMillan and Lockwood, a New Zealand company, was selected by the Defence Force to build it.
Henare said the construction project would employ 120 workers, largely from the local region.
