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With a congestion charge likely on the way for Auckland, views on paying potentially as much as as $7 a day to arrive and leave the city during peak hours are varied.
Congestion charging might be coming to Wellington, despite Phil Twyford ruling it out
It said without congestion charging to get people out of their cars during peak times the city’s gridlock would only get worse, despite billions of dollars of new infrastructure. It highlighted two models that could be used in Auckland. One was a city centre cordon – where vehicles would be charged to enter the CBD during peak travel periods. While the other option would be based on charging motorists using key arterial roads during peak times. On Thursday Auckland Council’s planning committee debated the pros and cons of congestion charging and agreed to make a submission to the sel...