AT CEO: Transport funding 'inherently broken'

AT CEO: Transport funding 'inherently broken'
Auckland Transport CEO Dean Kimpton wants the government to pass legislation enabling congestion charging this year. (Image: AT)
Oliver Lewis
The chief executive of Auckland Transport believes the funding system for land transport in New Zealand is broken and needs urgent attention.In a wide-ranging interview with BusinessDesk, Dean Kimpton also laid out his hopes for the government policy statement (GPS) on land transport, which transport minister Simeon Brown has said is being worked on.The GPS directs how the NZ Transport Agency/Waka Kotahi should prioritise spending from the National Land Transport Fund (NLTF), the main funding source for transport infrastructure, albeit one that...

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