NZ regional fuel tax comes as global tide turns on user-pays infrastructure funding

NZ regional fuel tax comes as global tide turns on user-pays infrastructure funding
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Oct. 27 (BusinessDesk) - A regional petrol tax to help fund Auckland city's transport infrastructure comes amid a global change in the air for user-pays funding for major projects, provided the benefits stack up for those footing the bill.  US President Donald Trump is reportedly toying with the idea of hiking fuel taxes as a means to fund his promised US$1 trillion of infrastructure investment, which was a key policy plank in his successful bid for the White House last year. That would end a 24-year freeze on US petrol tax...