Mayor of Timaru
Transport
Helping communities get from A to B is a key responsibility of local government, from making sure the buses run on time to providing car parking and walking and cycling paths. Whether public transport is the responsibility of the regional or local council depends on where you are in the country. Local councils also own 87% of New Zealand’s roads.
Transport
Helping communities get from A to B is a key responsibility of local government, from making sure the buses run on time to providing car parking and walking and cycling paths. Whether public transport is the responsibility of the regional or local council depends on where you are in the country. Local councils also own 87% of New Zealand’s roads.
Attract central government funding for our roads that reflects the level of economic activity in our district.
Continue support for the cycleway contestable funding achieved in my first term.
Continue to lobby for a second lane on the Orari Bridge to support the Geraldine Ward and resiliency for the South Island.
Get Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to properly fix the sealing of State Highway 1 through Timaru.
Pressure the government to double-lane Orari Bridge north of Geraldine as an economic transport corridor.
Attract central government funding for our roads that reflects the level of economic activity in our district.
Continue support for the cycleway contestable funding achieved in my first term.
Continue to lobby for a second lane on the Orari Bridge to support the Geraldine Ward and resiliency for the South Island.
Get Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to properly fix the sealing of State Highway 1 through Timaru.
Pressure the government to double-lane Orari Bridge north of Geraldine as an economic transport corridor.
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