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Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland

70 years of road-based policies created today's problems – does National’s transport plan add up?

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The old joke about “just one more lane” being all that’s needed to solve traffic congestion has been heard a few times since the National Party released its transport policy this week.

The plan is nothing if not ambitious: more and bigger roads worth nearly NZ$25 billion over ten years, including a four-lane motorway from Whangārei to Tauranga at a stated cost of $6 billion.

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