The price of motorway art and the cost of not having it
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of cutting motorway art from road project budgets and the potential cultural costs of such decisions.
A small part of big road project budgets is spent on something beautiful - but under Act, it would take a back seat Act wants to cut motorway art from road project budgets. Advocates say the effort to save us money will make us poorer Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
Topics covered
- motorway art
- road project budgets
- advocacy
- public funding
- aesthetics in infrastructure
Keywords
- motorway art
- road projects
- budget cuts
- public art
- advocacy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Act, RNZ, Newsroom
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