16 September 2011

Dunne welcomes next step for Transmission Gully

Ohariu MP Peter Dunne said today that Transmission Gully was like an All Black World Cup win – closer than ever.

Speaking after news that the long-planned roading project that he has been pushing for years has been referred to an independent Board of Inquiry by Environment Minister Nick Smith, Mr Dunne said this was great news.

“As Transport Minister Steven Joyce has said, it is a great step forward and keeps Transmission Gully on track for construction beginning perhaps in the latter part of 2015.

“Basically, like the World Cup for all New Zealanders, Transmission Gully is now within Wellington’s grasp after years and years of battling, against what at times have seemed like long odds.

“I am very excited. Wellingtonians have consistently indicated they want Transmission Gully and this is a big step forward towards getting it,” he said.

“I will continue to campaign vigorously for it until such times as the first seal is laid This important road will happen.

“Transmission Gully is absolutely central to securing the future transport – and through that – economic needs of the Wellington region, and giving people the kind of access to and from the city that they will need in future,” Mr Dunne said.

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