Simeon Brown: Transport Minister on the government's new pothole fund
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
June 6, 20243m 48s
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The Government will spend $4 billion over the next three years fixing and preventing potholes on state highways and local roads nationwide.
Auckland will get a $478 million boost in pothole funding; Waikato will get $214m and Canterbury has been allocated $187m in funding.
Transport Minister Simeon Brown told Jack Tame “The real focus here is preventing them.”
Brown said “The NZTA board allocates the fund based upon need.”
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Transport Minister Simeon BrownNZTAJack TameOn airHeather du Plessis-Allan Drive