Labour / NZ First Government

[Joshuatree]

$10b road safety spend up

And for once stating how many injuries will be saved , 5,600 and 750 deaths with "the road to zero "strategy. Median crash barriers a no brainer for one.

"There's just no question that under National our road toll got a lot worse at a time other countries were reducing theirs," Genter said.
"They redirected a lot or money from roads and road safety to a few urban motorway projects,"

"she said the increased investment will support new technology like drug testing equipment for police, 1000 kilometres of new median crash barriers, 1700 kilometres of other safety improvements like crash barriers and rumble strips, and 1500 intersection upgrades."

[whatsup]

[FONT="] $10b road safety spend up

And for once stating how many injuries will be saved , 5,600 and 750 deaths with "the road to zero "strategy. Median crash barriers a no brainer for one.

"There's just no question that under National our road toll got a lot worse at a time other countries were reducing theirs," Genter said.[/FONT]
"They redirected a lot or money from roads and road safety to a few urban motorway projects,"

"she said the increased investment will support new technology like drug testing equipment for police, 1000 kilometres of new median crash barriers, 1700 kilometres of other safety improvements like crash barriers and rumble strips, and 1500 intersection upgrades."

Yes well done but will it stop dopes smoking dope,--- don't think so !

[Joshuatree]

Dope testing, another new govt thing also coming in will indeed stop most of them.

[fungus pudding]

I see David Clark now says Dunedin hospital will be smaller than first thought.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/d...esign-contract

"This week, planning for the new hospital hit its first snag when it was announced confirmation of the hospital site master plan — the decisions about the final size and shape of the complex — would be delayed.

Dr Clark said he expected the new hospital would probably be smaller than was first thought, although bigger than the present complex."

Should get Twyford on board to sort it out.

[iceman]

Yes well done but will it stop dopes smoking dope,--- don't think so !

The roadside drug testing policy came about after a large petition from Karen Dow who lost her son Angus to a dope driving killer https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...esting-reopens.
Nick Smith fought this on her behalf in Parliament and finally managed to get Julie Ann Genter to do this despite early on finding all the excuses in the World not to

The $10B infrastructure spending on, so far unnamed projects, will no doubt include some of the
"roads of national significance" that were already approved by National and canceled by this Government when they came into power. They have not started one new large roading project in 2 years of Government.

The lowering of the speed limits is an ill thought out policy that will not make the roads any safer and will annoy many voters. Some of the road safety upgrades are however a good idea but so far, like so many other things from this Government, it is only talk.

[RGR367]

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The lowering of the speed limits is an ill thought out policy that will not make the roads any safer and will annoy many voters. Some of the road safety upgrades are however a good idea but so far, like so many other things from this Government, it is only talk.

All talk and more photo opportunities perhaps why ordinary people made #TURNARDERN trend on Twitter.

[fungus pudding]

All talk and more photo opportunities perhaps why ordinary people made #TURNARDERN trend on Twitter.

A trend that's hard to understand. While I don't get any particular joy out of looking at her face view, I can guarantee it's more pleasant than looking at the opposite side.

[Sgt Pepper]

I see David Clark now says Dunedin hospital will be smaller than first thought.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/d...esign-contract

"This week, planning for the new hospital hit its first snag when it was announced confirmation of the hospital site master plan — the decisions about the final size and shape of the complex — would be delayed.

Dr Clark said he expected the new hospital would probably be smaller than was first thought, although bigger than the present complex."

Should get Twyford on board to sort it out.

Your point being???

[fungus pudding]

Your point being???

Nothing to worry about - just another case of blabbing about something before the homework is done. Nothing new about that.

[westerly]

Your point being???

No point , just fungus blabbering on, ignoring a contract had been let

westerly