Highway network at 'tipping point' – Waka Kotahi CEO

Highway network at 'tipping point' – Waka Kotahi CEO
More frequent extreme weather events are taking a toll on the highway network. (Image: NZME)
Oliver Lewis
Investment is needed to adequately maintain the eroding state highway network, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency chief executive Nicole Rosie says.Rosie made the comment during a panel discussion at a conference hosted by Te Waihanga, the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, in Auckland on Monday.“It’s eroding and we’re at quite a tipping point,” she said.“If I go to customer experience – what is your experience of the network and do you think it’s in a fit state for NZ? I’ll just leave that to yo...

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