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Press Release – New Zealand National Party The Government is putting regional roading projects and important safety improvements across the country at risk by raiding the National Land Transport Fund to invest more in rail, Nationals Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. Kiwis … The Government is putting regional roading projects and important safety improvements across the country at risk by raiding the National Land Transport Fund to invest more in rail, National’s Transport spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says. “Kiwis across the country have been paying more at the pump in...

Week in Politics: Ōrewa recalled as Collins opposes 'racist separation' © RNZ / Dom Thomas Peter Wilson* Analysis - Don Brash's Ōrewa speech is recalled as Judith Collins campaigns against "racist separation", an international defence analyst says the Five Eyes controversy is "a beat-up" and the government's flagship New Zealand Upgrade Programme runs into problems. © Provided by Radio New Zealand National leader Judith Collins 17/02/21 National Party leader Judith Collins Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas Judith Collins' hard line against what she called racist separation and segregation dre...

Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 3:30 pm The Labour government must immediately recommit to funding the new Melling Interchange after Stuff reported today that the project is at risk, National List MP based in Hutt South, Chris Bishop says. “Hutt residents will be in disbelief at hearing the news that funding for Melling is yet again at risk. The project is critical for the future of the Hutt Valley and locals were explicitly told by Labour MPs all through 2020 that the project was fully-funded and due to commence in 2022. “The government announced in January 2020 that Melling would be fully-fu...

News from NZ National Party The Labour government must immediately recommit to funding the new Melling Interchange after Stuff reported today that the project is at risk, National List MP based in Hutt South, Chris Bishop says. “Hutt residents will be in disbelief at hearing the news that funding for Melling is again at risk. The project is critical for the future of the Hutt Valley and locals were told by Labour MPs all through 2020 that the project was fully-funded and due to commence in 2022. “The government announced in January 2020 that Melling would be fully-funded as part of the NZ...

But those projects were given only high-level costings by Waka Kotahi-NZ Transport Agency. Over the last year, Waka Kotahi has been doing more detailed estimates of how much the roads will cost, a process called “baselining”. Those baselines were recently delivered to Transport Minister Michael Wood, who is now considering what they mean for the continued viability of the 22 projects that make up the transport side of the $12b upgrade programme. Some of the costings could be considerably higher than estimated last year. Asked if he would commit to following through on the projects as t...