to the Ministry of Transport on the Land Transport Funding Trends, Issues and Options

Mon, 06/04/2009 - 11:10am

We told the MoT we found it difficult to comment on how funding could best support achievement of the updated NZ Transport Strategy (UNZTS) targets because at this stage there were few quantifiable targets listed and these are needed to signal Government priorities that can form a link with a proposed Government Strategic Plan (GSP). As all proposed activities should be able to demonstrate their contribution towards achieving the targets, we recommended that no large expenditure items be funded until an evaluation process has been developed and tested.

We believe the Government-agreed high level outcome target for 2040 (of halving per capita domestic greenhouse transport emissions) could be achieved sooner if changes were made to the way road and rail infrastructure was constructed and maintained. A number of relatively low risk/low cost activities could be funded over the next 3-10 years to speed up progress towards the UNZTS targets. More