Future Access Study News Today

Residents in the Marlborough Sounds are still dealing with wrecked roads after two massive storms.

A council-led study will look at everything from full repair and maintenance, through to abandoning some roads where boat access is possible.

Movement argued the road building options were out of line with Governments land transport policy statement which prioritises a reduction in greenhouse gases from fuel driven vehicles and a shift from private transport to public transport, cycling and walking. The group relied on agency information, confirmed in letters to its lawyer, that the money to investigate the Nelson project came from the national land transport fund. That fund requires the agency to give effect to the Government poli...