Thread: Component shortage

Originally Posted by Cyclops

I do know where the funding is from and where it goes.
I'm an elected councilor and have served on our Regional Land Transport Committee.

I can show you roads that deteriorate daily during the dairy season due to HPV milk tankers that don't get worse through the winter.
HPV heavy transport vehicles are visibly damaging roads that were never built for them, but have been approved for them.

I disagree that the rate of fuel excise and RUC is enough to fund our roading network. It isn't and it is reducing in proportion to the costs.

I know what it costs our council to fund our share of our local roading costs.
As a council we put in extra ratepayer funds above what receive a FAR rate for from Waka Kotahi (NZTA) to try to keep up with the maintenance.


More funding is required. Where should it come from?
General taxation, paye & business taxes, ratepayers or increased RUC?

Simple solutions:
#1 tax us more, via any taxation method, general pop whinges moans about cost when it gets passed on, and it will be passed on.

#2 we all go back to the so called magical 44 ton, more truck trips for less productivity, more emissions, we pay less RUC (win for truckies) and the gen pop then complains about how many more trucks are on the road than before to do the same job,
gen pop then complains how long it takes to get something delivered as lack of capacity and lack of drivers to do the job
Overnight delivery, Good luck try next week or month.