Parker: '$2.8b hole in National's transport plan'

Parker: '$2.8b hole in National's transport plan'
Transport minister David Parker has criticised National's highway costings. (Image: Getty)
Oliver Lewis
The National party’s plan to four-lane and upgrade highways between Whāngarei and Tauranga has a shortfall of at least $2.8 billion, the transport minister says.Speaking on Monday, National leader Christopher Luxon said the party had used official business case figures to inform the costings of its $24b transport package, of which just over $6b was tagged for four projects: Whāngarei to Marsden Point, Warkworth to Wellsford, Cambridge to Piarere and Tauriko West State Highway 29.“I’m confident we’ve got this sorted,&rdqu...

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