Source: Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Transporting New Zealand is commending NZTA on heeding industry feedback with its latest proposal to not have traffic lights installed at a key intersection on Dunedin’s SH1 one-way system.
Chief executive Dom Kalasih says Transporting New Zealand is generally supportive of NZTA’s latest plans for improvements to Dunedin’s SH1 one-way system.
“We were opposed to a new set of traffic lights being installed on SH1 between Great King Street and Pine Hill Road because that would unnecessarily slow and stop some traffic.
“Typically about 10,000 vehicles use the southbound section of the one-way system and a similar amount use the northbound section every day, with trucks making up about 5 percent of that traffic. Unnecessarily slowing or stopping all those people and freight is not helpful, particularly when we are trying to improve the productivity of the nation.
“What is most pleasing is it appears NZTA is taking a more balanced approach and beginning to propose solutions that improve both safety and productivity. This is something we’ve been advocating for some time now and it’s great to see what appears to be some change in the agency’s fundamental thinking.”
Transporting New Zealand will be providing a formal submission on the changes.
About Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand is the peak national membership association representing the road freight transport industry. Our members operate urban, rural and inter- regional commercial freight transport services throughout the country.
Road is the dominant freight mode in New Zealand, transporting 92.8% of the freight task on a tonnage basis, and 75.1% on a tonne-km basis. The road freight transport industry employs over 34,000 people across more than 4700 businesses, with an annual turnover of $6 billion.
