Dear John, 

The next National government will deliver a comprehensive package of transport infrastructure so Kiwis can get where they want to go faster and safer.

National's Transport for the Future plan includes: 

1. Roads of National Significance

• Initial stages of National’s long-term vision of four lanes from Whangārei to Tauranga, driving growth in the upper North Island.
  
  
• Projects to tackle congestion and reduce travel times, including Mill Road in Auckland, a second Mt Victoria Tunnel in Wellington, the Hope Bypass in Tasman, and the Woodend Bypass north of Christchurch.
  
  
• Roads to unlock urban housing growth including Southern Links in Hamilton, Petone to Grenada and the Cross Valley Link in Wellington and the Hutt Valley, and the North West Alternative State Highway in Auckland.

2. Better Public Transport

• A rapid transit network for Auckland, with public transport corridors in the North West, Airport to Botany, and completion of the Eastern Busway.
  
  
• Improvements to increase capacity and reliability on Lower North Island train services for passengers and freight.

3. Rebuilding regions and improving resilience

• Priority projects to reconstruct transport infrastructure damaged during recent floods and Cyclone Gabrielle, enhancing long-term resilience in flood-affected regions.
  
  
• National's plan will include upgrades to existing transport infrastructure in Ashburton, Queenstown, Otago, and Southland

Labour cancelled the pipeline of infrastructure projects National had underway and replaced it with working groups and ever-changing funding priorities, with hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars wasted on phantom projects like Light Rail and the Auckland bike bridge

Our programme will:

1. Cut congestion 
   
   
2. Provide more low emission transport options in support of our climate change goals
   
   
3. Create a more productive and resilient transport network that drives economic growth to boosta incomes and unlocks land for thousands of houses.

National has a strong track record of funding, consenting, and delivering major infrastructure projects such as the Auckland City Rail Link, the Waterview Tunnel, the Waikato Expressway, Transmission Gully, and the recently completed Puhoi to Warkworth motorway. 

National will support New Zealand’s efforts to reduce emissions in support of our climate change goals by providing more public transport options in Auckland and better rail services in Greater Wellington. But meeting our climate goals doesn’t mean forcing New Zealanders out of their cars by allowing our roading infrastructure to decay.

National is the party of infrastructure. Labour talks about it. We build it. 

Read our full transport policy here. 

Thank you.