Natalie Bennett's letter to the construction industry

摘要

Our infrastructure and built environment are not fit for a common and sustainable life. Our railways and housing are overcrowded and overpriced. Our built environment is too energy inefficient, and poorly adapted to cope with our changing climate. The Green Party places prime importance on addressing these challenges. We propose a Green National Infrastructure Programme, with a huge direct investment of public money. Timid governments have under-invested for too long, in the process undermining the confidence of private sector investors. It has also made work in this sector too vulnerable to economic cycles, creating a churn in jobs that undermines the skills agenda, and further reducing private sector confidence and investment in projects that span several economic cycles.