PQ 9. Accelerated Regional Roading Package—Reports

[Sitting date: 25 November 2014. Volume:702;Page:7. Text is subject to correction.]

9. JONATHAN YOUNG (National - New Plymouth) to the Minister of Transport : What recent reports has he received on the Government’s Accelerated Regional Roading Package?

Hon SIMON BRIDGES (Minister of Transport): I am pleased to inform the House that work has started on the first project to be delivered by the Government’s $212 million Accelerated Regional Roading Package. Once finished in the first half of 2015, the $1.2 million of roading improvements at Panakou Hill and Wallace Hill on State Highway 35, north of Gisborne, will help drivers keep themselves, their passengers, and fellow road users safe as they travel around their region.

Jonathan Young : What commitments has the Government made as part of the accelerated regional roading package?

Hon SIMON BRIDGES : Earlier this year the Government announced that it is investing $212 million from the Future Investment Fund in a package of 14 regionally important roads and State highway projects. The Government has committed up to $80 million to accelerate five critically important regional roading projects in Northland, the East Coast, Taranaki, Canterbury, and Otago. These projects are fully investigated and designed, and address current safety, resilience, and productivity issues. Through the Government’s Accelerated Regional Roading Package we are ensuring that New Zealand’s regions, which are a key driver of our economy, have modern transport infrastructure.

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