As we know the Government is going to sting us with 5c increase to improve the roads and than Auckland City are going to sting us with another 5c increase, so does that mean Auckland roads will be built twice as fast?
Moped rider
As we know the Government is going to sting us with 5c increase to improve the roads and than Auckland City are going to sting us with another 5c increase, so does that mean Auckland roads will be built twice as fast?
Forum whore
It doesn't go toward roading (sic) it just goes into the general fund.
They're lying as usual.
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L-Plate Rider
Government already gets bout 70c per litre of fuel sold................would like to know what they do with it.Could tell ya what they DONT do with it.lol
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Highway Biker
Yet another reason to not live in Auckland, as if we needed it
.....your time is coming
What do want more roads for...
Riding a bike that does 48mpg I am not going to sweat over petrol prices...$2.7ish a litre in UK...you may say they get paid more, however, $46 to fill up a bike is still a lot...let $100 plus for a car...
.....your time is coming
Have yet to find a reason myself...Originally Posted by Soul.Trader
Yet another reason to not live in Auckland, as if we needed it
Wearing Hi-Viz Black.
It is not going on roads (according to the propaganda), it is going on new trains and new ferries.
Why cannot "user pays" fund these? They are run by private companies anyway!
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
Forum whore
It will be going on election bribes and self serving junkets. Factor in lots of help for low grade immigrants so they are kindly disposed to voting for the ''bitch from belsen''
.....your time is coming
But take Auckland...having a better ferry service would make a difference....trains too...
If user pays funded this the cost to them would go up...it goes up when fuel does...and then they would stop using the services.
Govt funding in providing say more wharfs etc to improve ferry services is an investment in the future which is not always easy to account for but you have to look at the bigger picture
.....your time is coming
Oh dear...not that old chesnut...
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I completely agree with the fact that Auckland requires new ifrastructure for public transport. Finishing the motorway "loop" should be priority #1, and then do nothing more on the motorways. Let them block up. All monies then get put into upgrading the public transport system.
An additional tax on fuel is quite unfair. Everyone suffers the increase not only at the pump, but also in the supermarket where the additional transport cost will get passed onto the customer. Basically being charged twice.
The funding for trains and ferries should come from a different funding source.
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
.....your time is coming
The problem is that ferry / train providers are affected by increase in road spending which is effectively incouraging people to use the car...the number of times I ride past the new bus station in Takapuna and the car parks are now where near full...
So what happens is that use of ferries/ trains reduces...lack of fund for investment = reduced service = less and less enticing for population = more cars on roads etc etc
It is only fair that they get investment...
I mean on the North Shore they actually removed some bus services after the station was opened and after a fuss they have brought some back...
New motorways are not the answer in a place like Auckland which is really just a wide on / off distributory. Motorways should be for long distant travel, like Auckland to Hamilton to Wellington, not a 50km stretch with about 30 or so off / on ramps.
When the roads are busy on SH1 motorway up north...they will still suggest taking SH16...go the funding on motorways
Kittyhawk4Doc
Well petrol is something most need, and the current public transport system is hopeless...
Most will still choose to run their own vehicles, I mean look at how many busses you would have to chop and change on to get from one side of the city to the other...Also the layout of the city isnt very well structured because of urbanisation etc..
My bass is such a slapper.......I cant stop fingering those strings
Moped rider
Petrol tax is not only going to happen in Auckland
I here the Waikato is going to be hit with petrol tax also
More reason to buy another bike
What the differance between a politician and a effluent container ?
Nothing they are both full of SH&T
to old to die young
Hardcore Biker
So, what happened to the (at least) 2 previous increases in petrol tax "to fund auckland transport". Paying for a lot of shiny arse useless civil servants in Wellington I suspect.
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