My
My question is to the Minister of
My question is to the Minister
were involved in the construction of the Waterview tunnels in
Well,
Well, Mr
Well, Mr Speaker, around 11,000 people were employed during a
different work sites during construct
construction of the Waterview tunnels. Construction began in 2012
with Ellis the machine
excavating enough dirt or the 20
cabling and wiring. The end project, a product, I should
say, is a
in Auckland's transport system since the opening of
the Auckland Harbour Bridge in 1959.
Supplementary question.
question. What reports has he seen on the expected
wider economic benefits of the
When the tunnels open very soon they will provide more options for
Aucklanders travelling around the city,
city, particularly between the west and
city, particularly between the west
The new connection will also provide more efficient
more efficient links to and from Auckland airport,
Auckland airport, ports of Auckland and inland
only in Auckland but throughout the country.
country. The estimated wider economic benefits of all of this are
estimated to
the creation of more than 18,000 jobs. Just before I call the member,
Darroch Ball and Fletcher Tabuteau,
the level of
interjection, I have warned
warned them once and it has continued. If either
of them interjekt
interjekt again during the balance of question
ofquestion time, Iwill be asking them to leave.
Does such a large number of
number of people being required to build
build one tunnel point to low productivity in the New
Zealand
to a massive project, the biggest we have ever seen in New Zealand.
Supplementary question. Does the
minister believe that increasing
vehicle occupancy rates would
increase the productivity of
New Zealand roads such as the
Waterview
Transport Amendment Bill is making its way her ill illy
through the house and is in proceedings later today. How
the Land Transport Amendment Bill help increase vehicle occupancy
seeing in this small passenger service space. Has the minister
had any
any discussions with any other political
political parties about including new
new legislative initiatives in the
that the member is a vigorous proponent
proponent for really enabling ride sharing
vehicles and the discussions between he and I have been
very fruitful in that regard. Supplementary
question. Given the fruitfulness of those
discussions, why
discussions, why has the minister declined to include any of
the matters discussed in
INTERRUPTION No, Order! Can Ijust rule first,
the member has used
his supplementaries. Point of order from
the right.
the right. That was certainly going to be my point of order.
very perceptionive of you but it is not a point of order.
My
My question is to the Minister for
My question is to the Minister
New Zealand has been ranked 34th out
the Sustainable Development Goals
Before
Before I call the minister my office