The WWF have released a Colmar Brunton public opinion poll which shows seven out of ten New Zealanders want to see more Government money going to fund public transport improvements. The release goes on to say: Only 1 percent of total land transport spending is allocated to new and improved […]
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The Sunday Star-Times has run a story on the possibility of public transport cost increases for local councils, backing up Gareth Hughes’ concerns. In it the CBT is quoted: “We hope the government isn’t going to be too severe on the public transport spend. But we know they are cutting […]
The Ministry of Transport is asking for feedback on proposed changes to the Government Policy Statement 2012, which sets out funding allocations for various activity classes. Of primary concern is that public transport infrastructure funding is to be cut from an already measly 1.8% of the current land transport budget, to […]
The Campaign for Better Transport today launched a campaign to highlight uncertainty surrounding the future of public transport projects in Auckland. Join the campaign here. Launched today at the Mt Albert railway station, the aim of the “Action Stations” campaign is to gain assurance from central Government that funding for […]
The Government has jumped the gun and confirmed the reallocation of $1bn in spending to motorways. The widely opposed change to transport funding over the next three years means that money will be taken from every other category and put on new and improved state highways. We’ll have a statement on […]
Both Brian Rudman and, perhaps surprisingly, Jeremy Sole of the New Zealand Contractors Federation are waking up to the radical changes proposed for changes to national land transport funding. Rudman: As Auckland Regional Transport Authority chairman Mark Ford noted, “to put it simply, where there has been investment, there has […]
The Herald reports that Local Government NZ is concerned about Transport Minister Steven Joyce’s proposed changes to transport funding. Not only is public transport infrastructure spending to be slashed by 60%, but funding for the renewal and maintenance of local roads will also be cut by up to $225m over […]
The Government Policy Statement (GPS) on transport guides central and local transport planning throughout the country, so it’s an important document. The Government has announced changes to the GPS. The new GPS has not been released yet, but the Minister of Transport has signalled his intentions with this document, which […]