7 Mar 2023

Green Party wants government to factor climate into transport funding

From Morning Report, 8:09 am on 7 March 2023

The Green Party is urging the government to keep climate as a key priority when when it comes to transport funding.

Twenty-four hours ago Transport Minister Michael Wood was talking up putting emissions reduction at the centre of the government's next three-yearly transport plan, with more money for cycleways and bus lanes.

By afternoon the priority had shifted to a focus on rebuilding roads and bridges damaged by the Cyclone.

Green Party transport spokesperson Julie Anne Genter says it would be a huge mistake for the government to deprioritise climate action.

She spoke to Corin Dann.