The Greens yesterday launched a multibillion-dollar plan to save Auckland from traffic gridlock which dumps mega-roading projects.
Greens co-leader Russel Norman and transport spokeswoman Julie Anne Genter rode a new electric train in Auckland to propose a major reallocation of funds to revitalise the city and free up its roads. This would be at the expense of Auckland's motorway extension to Warkworth and missing links in the Waikato Expressway.
Those would include bypasses of Hamilton and Huntly, although links being built past Rangiriri and Cambridge would be completed.
Dr Norman said the party's plan "will make a huge difference to the lives of Aucklanders". "You won't have to spend hours stuck in the National Party's traffic jams because you will be able to take efficient affordable public transport that will get you where you want to go faster."
