Call for cut in NZ road upgrade project budget

New Zealand Green Party spokesperson, Julie Ann Genter, has called on the government to reduce the US $ 9.73bn (NZD 12bn) earmarked for a national road upgrade project. According to Genter only 400,000 vehicles, 4% of the nation’s 11 million vehicles, are expected to use proposed new roads linking Tauranga, Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington and Hamilton.
August 23, 2012 Read time: 1 min
New Zealand Green Party spokesperson, Julie Ann Genter, has called on the government to reduce the US $ 9.73bn (NZD  12bn) earmarked for a national road upgrade project.

According to Genter only 400,000 vehicles, 4% of the nation’s 11 million vehicles, are expected to use proposed new roads linking Tauranga, Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington and Hamilton.

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