Simeon Brown: Transport Minister on the Government's new National Land Transport Plan

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The Transport Minister says today's National Land Transport Plan shouldn't surprise councils.

Simeon Brown's unveiled the new $32.9 billion scheme, which includes $5.5 billion for pothole prevention, and $7 billion for state highway improvements.

Brown says this is the end of funding for speed-bumps, a change councils were already told about in the Government Policy Statement published in July.

He says Kiwis are sick of councils slowing drivers down.

"Councils are the road-controlling authorities, they can still go and do other things on their roads - they just won't be receiving a subsidy from the Government for that."

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