Penlink: where tolling rhetoric meets reality

Penlink: where tolling rhetoric meets reality
The new bridge will cross the Weiti River. (Image: NZTA)
Oliver Lewis
Transport Minister Simeon Brown has yet to decide whether a new highway costing close to $1 billion will be tolled, despite a decision by the previous Government to charge users to pay for ongoing maintenance costs.Brown has been an outspoken proponent of tolls.The recently finalised government policy statement on land transport instructed the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) to consider tolling to construct and maintain all new roads, including roads of national significance.“The Government will support all recommendations by the NZTA...

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