February 11, 2009

New Zeal­and’s two lead­ing trans­port uni­ons say that pour­ing pub­lic money only into road­ing and ignor­ing oth­er trans­port infra­struc­ture is a mis­take.

The Mari­time Uni­on of New Zea­l­and, rep­res­ent­ing sea­farers and water­front workers,and the Rail and Mari­time Trans­port Uni­on, rep­res­ent­ing rail and port work­ers, are con­cerned that eco­nom­ic stim­u­lus plans focus trans­port invest­ment exclus­ively on road­ing.

The trans­port uni­ons say that while the Gov­ern­ment is cor­rect in invest­ing in infra­struc­ture as a stim­u­lus for the eco­nomy, it’s sole focus on invest­ing in roads is wrong.