Your taxes at work

**pritch** · 29th June 2006, 12:28

How the Government plans to make our roads safer...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/st...ectid=10388859

**Squeak the Rat** · 29th June 2006, 13:01

Nice one pritch.

Wait a minute though. Look at the title: "Auckland gets big bite of road pie ". 26.7% in fact.

Typical, the bastards, every one's pissed off that the rest of the country pays for Auckland's roads.

Back up the cart though, Auckland accounts for 32% of the country's tax paying population and 38% of the tax revenue generated (in 2004)

Hmmmm...... Maybe all the moaners are WRONG

**SPman** · 29th June 2006, 13:25

For the first time Transit's funding includes $223 million for police road enforcement."

Since when was Transit a funder for the Police?
That would build a lot more roads!

**Squeak the Rat** · 29th June 2006, 13:41

Originally Posted by SPman

Since when was Transit a funder for the Police?
That would build a lot more roads!

Holy fuck i missed that.

Plate recognition cameras. Average speed between two points too high, bang there goes a ticket.

**paturoa** · 29th June 2006, 21:34

wtf is police road enforcement - is there any more detail on that?

**diggydog** · 29th June 2006, 21:46

as far i know they should at least finish what they started, like hamilton to auckland. some of these counties have purchased land and i find this bad news.

**marty** · 29th June 2006, 21:50

transit fund state highway enforcment (eg highway patrol and booze bus and CVIU etc). the TLA's fund urban and non-highway roads - comes out of rates, acc, govt taxes.

obviously in the past it's come from the general road policing funding, and it's just been split off to be controlled by transit, as apparantley they know best.