Election 2017 - Party Policies - Transport - Roads
27th May 17, 9:07am
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- Encourage private sector investment in road construction, both through direct ownership and partnerships with central and local government.
- Reduce or abandon petrol tax and introduce road pricing on new and existing roads, congestion charging, peak time charges and preferential lanes.
- Encourage ride-sharing and car-sharing to further reduce congestion.
- Review regulation to ensure the viability of autonomous vehicles.
- Read more here.
- Review whether compulsory purchase powers under the Public Works Act are still appropriate for ports, airports and roading authorities.
- Ensure local authorities better coordinate utility work programmes on public roads.
- Review the road user charges system and investigate whether it should be replaced by fuel tax or extended to other vehicles over time.
- Remove flat charges for drivers' licences, vehicle registration and licensing fees, and ACC levies, and instead pay the cost of processing out of petrol tax and road user charges so that those who drive more will pay more.
- Require all road controlling authorities to have in place plans to support active modes, and specific contact points for walking and cycling issues, within three years, as a condition of funding.
- Read more here.
- Commit to funding a permanent, resilient replacement for the Manawatu Gorge Road. This is most likely to be the proposed Te Apiti route, subject to the final decision being made by NZTA.
- Review the scale and timing of planned projects with a high cost (such as the East West Link) to identify evidence based solutions that can deliver improved transport and social outcomes at a lower cost and in a shorter timeframe.
- Continue the planned investment in new state highways in regional areas. However, large planned projects with a high cost will be reviewed to see if better value for money solutions can be found.
- Give local communities more of a say on how the money is spent in their areas.
- Make more funding available for transport projects of regional importance by doubling the funding range of $70-$140m to $140-$280m.
- Read more here and here.
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- $10.5 billion for 10 new Roads of National Significance. Together they will help provide a strong and safe highway network that links our regions effectively with our maojr cities.
- Start construction on the East West Link State Highway.
- Declare Mill Road a State Highway and start construction in the next three years at a cost of nearly $1b.
- Accelerate construction on the: Northwestern Busway; State Highway 16 and 18 interchange; Penlink; Southern Motorway widening between Papakura and Drury; widen State Highway 20B to improve eastern access to Auckland Airport; and add Airport-Manukau bus priority lanes on State Highway 20, including Puhinui interchange.
- Complete the Western Ring Route – a 48km alternative route around Auckland – by 2019.
Read more here, here, here, and here.
- Ensure that all the funds raised through fuel excise taxes, Road User Charges and their successors go into the National Land Transport Programme.
- Restore the Manawatu Gorge road connection to reinstate SH3.
- Restore road Funding Assistance Rate levels (FARs) and regionally distributed funding.
- Rebalance metropolitan spending so that the regions get equality.
- Build a national network of fast EV charging points in service areas.
- Read more here.
- We would implement a $10 million per year fund on a first come, first serve basis.
- You can use that to pay for up to 1/3 or $5000 of the costs of an electric vehicle.
- It could also fund the building of charging stations up and down the country.
- The fund could add thousands of electric cars to NZ households, saving them money and cutting our carbon emissions.
- Read more here.
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