Ohariu-Belmont MP and United Future leader, Peter Dunne,
says the weekend’s weather disaster on the Kapiti coast has
exposed the faulty thinking behind the continued delays in
getting the Transmission Gully route out of Wellington
started.
“While the Government continues to play
footsie with bicycle-riding, walking Greens over details of
land transport legislation, the nation suffers through the
economic disruption caused by the closure of the only major
route out of the capital,” he says.
“Thousands of
people had their lives and businesses severely disrupted
because some bean-counter somewhere has decided that
Transmission Gully does not meet some abstract cost-benefit
analysis.
“Where is the benefit to New Zealand, and
what are the costs, of having the capital city isolated
through natural and foreseeable events?” he demanded.
“Transmission Gully is a project that must be
fast-tracked immediately – the nation needs it,” says Mr
Dunne.
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