Auckland Council is rushing through decisions that align with revised policy statements from central government, leaving councillors and committee members concerned and frustrated with the “truncated” process.
The council’s transport and infrastructure committee met to review the Government’s new draft policy statement on land transport, which first went out for review last August.
Councillor Wayne Walker commented that Auckland faces significant rises in rail network costs, but there was a “massive lack of funding”.
“We don’t think there’s enough \[government] money to match what council has set aside,” Walker said.
Auckland Transport (AT) chief financial officer Mark Laing said that if government funding did not support AT projects, the city could see both significant fare increases and services being cut.
