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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Last week saw a critical step in the most important funding debate Auckland has ever had: whether or not Aucklanders are willing to pay for the transport system this city desperately needs to keep it moving, says Mayor Len Brown.
Auckland faces a $12 billion transport funding gap to build the new roads, rail, ferries, busways, cycleways and supporting infrastructure needed to cope with a population set to hit 2.5 million in the next three decades.
Two reports were released to Auckland Council’s budget committee. The first from the Independent Advisory Body (IAB) presents two alternative funding pathways for Auckland to raise $12 billion to achieve the fully-integrated transport network promised in the Auckland Plan.
The second report, from Auckland Council group, presents two different transport budgets: one which shows the limited number of transport projects the city can afford using current revenue streams, and a second budget that would use alternative funding pathways to build the Auckland Plan transport network Aucklanders have said they want.
Auckland Council will consult Aucklanders from January 2015 on which transport budget option they want - the basic or the full Auckland Plan network - and if they choose the Auckland Plan network, how they would prefer to pay for it. The final decision will be made during the Long-term Plan 2015-2025 adoption process throughout May/June 2015.
Last week saw a critical step in the most important funding debate Auckland has ever had: whether or not Aucklanders are willing to pay for the transport system this city desperately needs to keep it moving, says Mayor Len Brown.
Auckland faces a $12 billion transport funding gap to build the new...
Last week saw a critical step in the most important funding debate Auckland has ever had: whether or not Aucklanders are willing to pay for the transport system this city desperately needs to keep it moving, says Mayor Len Brown.
Auckland faces a $12 billion transport funding gap to build the new roads, rail, ferries, busways, cycleways and supporting infrastructure needed to cope with a population set to hit 2.5 million in the next three decades.
Two reports were released to Auckland Council’s budget committee. The first from the Independent Advisory Body (IAB) presents two alternative funding pathways for Auckland to raise $12 billion to achieve the fully-integrated transport network promised in the Auckland Plan.
The second report, from Auckland Council group, presents two different transport budgets: one which shows the limited number of transport projects the city can afford using current revenue streams, and a second budget that would use alternative funding pathways to build the Auckland Plan transport network Aucklanders have said they want.
Auckland Council will consult Aucklanders from January 2015 on which transport budget option they want - the basic or the full Auckland Plan network - and if they choose the Auckland Plan network, how they would prefer to pay for it. The final decision will be made during the Long-term Plan 2015-2025 adoption process throughout May/June 2015.
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