Mayors say they’re tens of millions short on transport funding after the Government didn’t deliver what they’d requested.
The gap for four large Waikato councils is more than $100m, and the mayors said that rules out things like new bus routes for growing areas and footpath maintenance.
“This wasn’t a small ouch, this was actually quite a big hole,” Mayor Paula Southgate said when mayors spoke with *Waikato Times* on Monday.
The funding was confirmed in the recently released 2024-27 National Land Transport Plan (NLTP), amid a tight financial climate nationally.
