The bill achieves its purpose, as we heard from the Minister for the Environment, in three ways: by listing projects, 11 projects, under Schedule 2 of the bill; by having projects referred by the Minister to a panel; and allowing agencies like the New Zealand Transport Agency and KiwiRail to carry out specific work on existing infrastructure without the need for a resource consent. So works would then be limited to operation of, maintenance of, replacement of, and minor upgrades to existing infrastructure located in rail and road corridors. 