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National's new roads a trade-off for safety, public transport, local roading - opposition parties (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 2 months ago by purrtastic@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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"More people are going to have to rely on cars and trucks to get around because we don't have a pipeline of alternatives like rapid transit, inter-city passenger rail, public transport and safe walking and cycling in our communities”

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 months ago

Auckland wasn't using the regional fuel tax the way national wanted them to, so they took it away.

Notice that the really big projects are not even costed yet, so those are going to be even more funding.