Land Transport Management Bill must change

Road Transport Forum NZ fully supports Business New Zealand’s message that the Land Transport Management Bill must be changed to recognise the importance of transport for economic growth, Road Transport Forum Chief Executive Officer Tony Friedlander says.

“Business New Zealand’s letter to the Chair of the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee makes it clear to the committee and the Government that the Bill in its present form is grossly deficient. The fact that Business New Zealand felt moved to take the relatively unusual step of raising its growing concern with the committee in a letter shows the depth of concern within the business community about the economic impact of the Bill as it currently stands.

“The Forum, Business New Zealand and a wide range of other road user and business organisations have made constructive proposals for remedying the Bill’s deficiencies. The Government must heed these proposals. The Bill will be setting transport policy into the foreseeable future. It is vitally important the committee and Government get the Bill right,” Mr Friedlander says.

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