August 02, 2023
National’s highway another fantasy says Davis
Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis says National’s promise to build a four lane highway from Whangarei to Tauranga is an unfunded wish list – while Labour has already allocated $44 million for roading in the north with more to come.
He says National’s roading plan would require cuts to health, education and social services because they don’t have the money.
“Hey it’s politics and it’s always good to throw out these big dreams – they did promise a four lane motorway from Auckland to Whangārei while they were in Government but they never put any money towards that so it’s all just pie in the sky wish list but people do seem tempted by those types of fantasies,” Mr Davis says.
Labour’s $44 million will go towards the repair of roads from Dome Valley through to the Brynderwyns and the alternative routes north which were hit in the cyclones.