Thanks to PM Chris Hipkins’ reshuffle, transport minister Michael Wood is going places. Shame about the rest of us.
Transport in New Zealand – both public and private – is poked.
Commuter services (buses, trains and ferries) in our towns and cities are under huge strain, making life a misery for anyone trying to get to work or children to school. Or even a concert.
The road network is collapsing.
At the minor end of the scale, the country’s road surfaces are in desperate shape. No need for the Government to officially lower speed limits, the potholes are bone-shakingly effective judder bars.
More scary is that arterial routes are regularly compromised by slips and subsidence in severe weather.
Each major storm cuts off a new community, and puts motorists at risk of injury or death.
