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Govt bans cycling & walking projects to help fund tax cuts
TL;DR: Transport Minister Simeon Brown has written to regional councils and told Waka Kotahi-NZTA to immediately stop cycling and walking projects paid for from the Climate Emergency Response Fund (CERF), which the National-ACT-NZ coalition is using to pay for early tax cuts for landlords. RNZ Robin Martin, Newsroom Marc Daalder
The projects costing $22.5 million were designed to help achieve the previous Government’s Emissions Reductions Plan plan to reduce Vehicle Kilometres Travelled (VKTs) by light vehicles by 20% by 2035 vs a no-change baseline, which would mean a significant number of…
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