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Time-of-use congestion charges to apply to all – NZ Initiative

Economic and policy think tank says road congestion charging should be treated like GST.

Ambulances, emergency vehicles should still pay time-of-use charges.

Four and a half years after a government and Auckland Council working group laid out an off-the-shelf plan to levy city commuters $250 million a year to help reduce peak hour congestion and help fund transport upgrades, the debate over ‘time of use’ remains in gridlock.

That report, ‘The

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Brent Melville Tue, 13 May 2025
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