Roads of National Significance
Roads of National (Party) significance
National's Policy Statement: Better State Highways.
Improving state highway links is important not just for commuters, but for all those who need faster, more reliable connections between cities and markets.
$10.7 billion investment in state highways over 10 years.
Seven roads of national significance fast-tracked to be substantially complete within 10 years.
The current Minister of Transport Stephen Joyce is serving the interests of the NZ Road Transport Forum while choosing to ignore the data on anthropogenic climate change and a 2010 Parliamentary research paper warning that peak oil will continue to affect the affordability of fossil fuels and therefore the rationale of limiting our transport options to roads.
The Minister of Transport's intention also undermines the Ministry of Transport's own New Zealand Transport Strategy on Rail and documents such as the Northland District Council's 30 year transport strategy which states intentions such as : "Bulk freight moved from road-based to rail and coastal shipping" "Linking Northport to the national rail network."
The Projects:
Puhoi-Wellsford - State Highway 1
Western Ring Route - SH16 and SH20
Victoria Park Tunnel Auckland - SH1
Waikato Expressway - SH1
Tauranga Eastern Link - SH2
Wellington Northern Corridor - SH1
New Zealand Transport Agency Links to: