"Christchurch residents frustrated by 'eternal consultation' and 'not a lot of action' in red zone"

It seems the good people of Christchurch are waking up to how our money is being frittered away on public projects that are hot on the talk but achieving nothing tangible.  There's nothing tangible on the horizon either, and not even any target dates for the next consultation step.  All projects are potentially complex - but that is no excuse for what is reported here.

In both private and public projects there are good and bad project managers (in my experience there's a lot more bad or mediocre ones than there are good ones).  But you rarely get this level of stagnation and waste in the private sector.  That's because whoever's financing it either runs out of money, or holds the poor performer to account.  The public sector simply does not have that same built-in discipline.