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Money needed to improve Auckland transport
Money needed to improve Auckland transport not a new agency
25 August 2009
Money is needed to improve public transport in Auckland, not another bureaucracy, said ARC Chairman Mike Lee today.
“My message to the Transport Minister is as simple as this.
“If you are serious about improving Auckland public transport, provide the money for electrification and electric trains that you promised us by July, after the Government did away with the regional fuel tax in March.
“The clock is ticking. Increases in public transport use in Auckland cannot be sustained without investment in electrification and electric trains.
“We do not need more bureaucratic deck chair shuffling. That will achieve nothing. What we need urgently is the Government to invest in electrification and electric trains as promised.
“There is no logic to the current game playing by the Government. If it is not going to honour its commitment to help fund electrification and electric trains, it should let the people of Auckland know now.
“Auckland commuters need electric trains, not yet another bureaucracy with a fancy name.”
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