Infrastructure Commission raised concerns over roads of national significance process

Infrastructure Commission raised concerns over roads of national significance process
Transmission Gully, north of Wellington, was part of the previous roads of national significance programme. (Image: NZTA/Waka Kotahi)
Oliver Lewis
The Infrastructure Commission advised the Government against taking a prescriptive approach to its massive road-building programme, warning of the inevitable prospect of cost overruns and associated affordability risks.The Government Policy Statement (GPS) on Land Transport functions as an effective transport budget, setting Crown priorities and giving direction to the New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) on how much it should spend from the National Land Transport Fund (NLTF) on different activity classes.Transport Minister Simeon B...

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