Dear John, 

There were over 54,000 potholes needing repair last year and a backlog of 1,000 kilometres of needed road repairs in Auckland alone.

This is not just outrageous but dangerous and with National in government it will be fixed.

Yesterday, Christopher Luxon and I announced a new policy to address the state of our roads and highways.

How our policy will make our roads safer:

• A $500 million Pothole Repair Fund to urgently address the shocking state of our local roads and state highways.
  
  
• New rules for pothole repair on State Highways, including halving the standard response time for pothole repair from 48 to 24 hours.
  
  
• A requirement for NZTA to undertake renewal and rehabilitation work on at least two per cent of the roading network each year, more than double the current rate.

If Labour’s approach to transport spending continues, Kiwis can expect more potholes to pepper our roading networks.

National will fix the economy and lift us from recession so we can afford better public services like transport.

We will bring fiscal discipline back to transport spending by focusing on the transport basics.

The choice is clear, and the election is less than three months away.

Thank you,

Simeon Brown
National Party spokesperson for Transport