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  Hi Howard, development of the Western side of the Port and its return to economic activity does form part of the DPPT plans, please see my post #82 and numerous other postings that I've made on the subject of T2.
  
  "The Market indicators, the Ferry operators and a host of industry and port experts maintain that T2 in the form proposed by DHB in their Masterplan will NOT be required. Just as an example...2011 traffic figures, in terms of absolute vehicle numbers handled showed that the port handled 545,000 vehicles less than it did in 1997....and another example...the number of vessel calls at the port has dropped by 21% over the last three years. Traffic would have to expand at 6% per annum compound for the next 10-15 years before Bob's vaunted doubling of throughput is reached and T2 as proposed by DHB becomes financially viable. The last 3 years, in a market that has been rising steadily, DHB has presided over declining volumes.
  
  I have said this before, many times in many different fora, DPPT will review the Masterplan produced by the consultants employed by DHB once we have been successful and will make revisions as required to ensure that as much of the Port Estate as possible is economically active at the earliest possible time. Some developments on the Western side of the harbour can be brought to fruition relatively cheaply and relatively quickly and will bring economic activity and profitability back to areas of the port that have been left under utilised and derelict for far to long."
  
  Economic development and port facilities in the West of the port will be different to the DHB plan, full details of what this will be awaits a full review of the DHB Masterplan. We cannot conduct this review until DPPT is the owner of the port.

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