38300 (2024). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Minister of Transport

Written Question

Published date: 11 Jul 2024

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	38300 (2024)
Question asked:	19 Jun 2024
Member asking:	Hon Barbara Edmonds
Portfolio:	Minister of Transport
Minister replying:	Hon Simeon Brown
Answer received:	06 Jul 2024
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_38300_2024
Document guid:	25f97c49-6b78-49b5-be37-027b3fbeb96f

38300 (2024). Hon Barbara Edmonds to the Minister of Transport: What evidence, if any, has the Minister received that his government is delivering more money for “… rail and public transport projects” as the Minister for Infrastructure stated in a Facebook video on 17 June 2024?

Hon Simeon Brown: The new Government Policy Statement on land transport (GPS) 2024 delivers a significant increase in funding for public transport (including metropolitan rail) as compared to the previous GPS between 2021 and 2024. The NZ Transport Agency Board has confirmed indicative funding from the National Land Transport Fund for public transport services and operations will increase by 41 per cent compared to funding allocated between 2021 and 2024. Through Budget 2024, the Government also provided $266.9 million to upgrade and maintain the metropolitan rail networks in Auckland and Wellington and $200 million to support KiwiRail to carry out maintenance and renewals on the national rail network.