956 (2024). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport

Written Question

Published date: 07 Mar 2024

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	956 (2024)
Question asked:	22 Feb 2024
Member asking:	Tangi Utikere
Portfolio:	Minister of Transport
Minister replying:	Hon Simeon Brown
Answer received:	03 Mar 2024
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_00956_2024
Document guid:	9f8259eb-ccdc-449c-8a73-d518bd7a8976

956 (2024). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport: Does he agree with Waka Kotahi that It is widely acknowledged that a large part of added road capacity is often quickly absorbed by ‘induced’ demand, if not, why not?

Hon Simeon Brown: I New Zealand faces an infrastructure deficit and that Roads of National Significance provide many economic benefits.