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Stuart Crosby: LGNZ president says public transport and cycleways can't come at the expense of NZ's roading network
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Council advocates are warning public transport and cycleways can't come at the expense of New Zealand's roading network.
Newstalk ZB has obtained exclusive Infometrics analysis revealing the share of transport funding going towards roads hit a decade-low of 70 percent in 2021.
It comes as the distance travelled on roads jumped from 43 billion kilometres in 2017, to 49 billion four years later.
Local Government New Zealand president Stuart Crosby, who commissioned the analysis, says we can't let assets get to breaking point.
He says there are challenges with our roads, including wild weather and post-Covid capacity - but we shouldn't let critical routes deteriorate.
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