Send your feedback to the Ministry of Transport before noon on the 2nd of April 2024 regarding the coalition Government’s draft plan for land transport.
These is an online survey is available at the Ministry of Transport’s website for the public consultation.
Here is the Ministry of Transport’s statement…
Draft GPS 2024 released for consultation
The Minister of Transport today released the draft Government Policy Statement on land transport (GPS) 2024 for feedback.
The draft GPS outlines the Government’s plan for investing in land transport over the next 10 years by directing $7 billion per year in expenditure from the National Land Transport Fund.
The draft GPS prioritises economic growth and productivity, increased maintenance and resilience, safety, and value for money from transport expenditure. It also reintroduces the Roads of National Significance programme that was started under the previous National Government in 2009.
This draft GPS replaces the GPS that the former Government consulted on in August 2023.
Following consultation, the Ministry of Transport will use the feedback to provide advice to the Minister of Transport on the final GPS 2024. The final GPS will into effect by July 2024.
We welcome your feedback on this document. You can email us at GPS@transport.govt.nz or you can submit feedback via a consultation survey which will open shortly.
Consultation will close at 12pm on 2 April 2024.
A copy of the coalition Government’s new draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) on land transport can found at this link…
A copy of the previous Labour Government’s draft version (for comparing the differences and changes) can be found here…
This is a major change in direction for transport policy which will impact New Zealand’s towns and cities. CityWatch NZ encourages people to read the draft Government Policy Statement and send feedback to the Ministry of Transport, whether you are voicing support or criticism of the various policy changes.
CityWatch NZ welcomes opinion pieces which analyse and comment on these proposed policy changes and their potential implications.
Those interested in contributing an opinion piece about the draft document can contact content@citywatchnz.co.nz for more details. Best if we receive the opinion pieces about this draft Policy Statement before the 18 March 2024.
CityWatch NZ is also planning to survey its Substack subscribers about these proposed policy changes then send the overall results of that survey as feedback to the Ministry of Transport. At this stage, the survey will be emailed to subscribers on the 20 March 2024 and will close on the 29 March 2024. CityWatch NZ role will be to provide information, promote informed discussion, then send the contributed opinions of its readers to the Ministry of Transport.
