Bye bye to a chunk of funding for Auckland to improve local roads with nothing to replace it.
A bit tough for Aucklanders.
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Bye bye to a chunk of funding for Auckland to improve local roads with nothing to replace it.
A bit tough for Aucklanders.
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Wonderful news!
Another great cartoon from the woke leftist MSM, totally ignoring what the Auckland regional fuel tax was to be used for :
A good read of the rort which is going to be history in July - Auckland Regional Fuel Tax.
Heather du Plessis-Allan: Good riddance to the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax
It's official, the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax is gone-burger from 1 July.
Aucklanders will not have to pay $11.5 cents a litre more than everyone else in the country every time they fill up their cars. Toyota Hilux drivers will save $9.20 a fill and Toyota Corolla drivers will save $5.75 a fill.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
That was a rort, wasn’t it? Remember what Auckland was supposed to get for that?
We were supposed to get upgrades to Mill Road, the road I'm obsessed with because of how desperately the city needs it- running from Manukau down to Drury as an alternative to the jam-packed Southern Motorway.
Did we get it? We paid for it for six years.
Did we get it? No, of course we didn't.
Did we get the Lake Road upgrade we’ve been talking about since at least 2017? No, we didn't get that.
Did we get the Glenvar Road upgrade we’ve been talking about since at 2016? No, we didn't get that. And the list goes on.
Instead, the money got used for cycle lanes and speed humps. And do I need to remind you about those speed humps?
How about the one got laid in Three Kings, then got ripped up two years later and laid again because AT stuffed up- and it cost us $600k? How about that one?
Mayor Wayne Brown is not happy about the loss of funding. He's released a list of projects at the end of a press release, with no explanation for the list.
The inference, I'm thinking, is that these are the projects that are going to get cut, because they haven't got the funding.
Let me list some:
Mangere West cycleway.
Road safety programme, including high-risk intersections.
The safe speeds programme, aimed at reducing vehicle speeds near schools.
Small scale projects to improve local cycling connections.
New low cost cycle ways to improve safety and travel options.
Upgrades to multi-modes roads, paths, and intersections to support Kainga Ora.
I doubt very much that many Aucklanders are going to cry tears over this because of one reason.
We have paid this under the mistaken belief that we were paying for better roads. What we got instead was AT squandering money on their own inability to just construct a basic pedestrian crossing.
But more importantly, what we got was a city that is now more congested and harder to drive around.
So as far as I can see, very little has improved for what we've paid, and much of what we're seeing is worse.
I'm happy to defund Auckland Transport.
Brilliant, Nicola Willis when interviewed this morning says "ALL the heads of the Public Service Dept's were CONFIDENT they would be able to achieve the (govt's) cost savings targets."
"We've got Chief Executives who are determined to do that job."
Tonight the Chief of the Defence Force, say the cuts will mean our Hercules & Seasprite helicopters won't be able to fly, & some of our ships won't be able to go to sea.
Brilliant, - we're confident we can achieve the cost savings but small problem we won't be able to do the things you want us to do.
There's already been several leaks from Govt Dept's, watch the drips become a stream of leaks. .
Looks like the govt cancelling the 2 new Cook Strait ferries on order is a huge mistake.
Cook Strait one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the world, crucial part of State Highway 1 for freight & passengers connecting the 2 islands.
Current ferries have had it, there are only 22 second hand ferries in the world which fit the specifications needed & none are for sale.
If we end up with no option than having to replace the current ferries with new ones, they're going to cost 40% more than the $555 million deal we had for 2 new ferries & are cancelling.
Kiwirail say we'll never get the chance to buy 2 new ferries for that price again & buying second hand ones now, even if they were available might cost more than the deal we had for the new ones.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...lander-ferries