More than 54,000 potholes needed repairing on New Zealand’s State Highways in 2022, the highest level in a decade, showing Labour’s neglect of our roads, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says.
“Kiwis are sick and tired of driving on roads that are peppered with potholes which have been damaging vehicles and causing havoc for motorists.
“I am continually hearing from Kiwis who say the roads are the worst they’ve ever seen them, and these figures prove it.
“Instead of delivering on issues that matter most to New Zealanders, Labour has been fixated on transport projects that Kiwis don’t want, such as light rail for Auckland and a cancelled cycle bridge.
“Transport Minister Michael Wood must slam the brakes on his wasteful spending. Instead of focusing on building and maintaining the roading network, Labour has been spending Kiwis hard-earned road taxes on:
- Dozens more communications staff at NZTA in five years
- $6.1 million advertising the Road to Zero policy
- $30,000 for five big red zeroes
- $51 million on Auckland’s cancelled cycle bridge
- $53 million on consultants for Auckland light rail
“National will stop Labour’s wasteful spending, which has left our State Highways in a sorry state. We will refocus transport policy on the issues that Kiwis face on our roads, including building and maintaining our roading network.”
The NZTA uses the 3-D approach also.
The roads within NEW ZEALAND, pot holes galore, reminds me of a trip my family and I had to South Africa, which was well before the covid hoax and related carry-on.
We drove a road (a national highway), and after some 20 kilometres out of a town (the name I no longer recall, Northern Natal area) there was a sign – “pot holes for the next 10 kms”. We drove the ten kilometres, and there was another sign – “pot holes for the next 10 kms”. And that signage continued on the road we drove.
NEW ZEALAND, road wise, is now no different to a third world country.
At least the SA mob had the kindness to advise the state of the road on which we were driving. The major roads within SA, I am reliable informed (by good friends), remain in good condition – these roads are all “toll-roads”.
‘Red-head-runt’ and ‘brill-cream-boy-wood’, what are you doing to return our NEW ZEALAND roads to a first world standard ??