The NZ Transport Agency Board has announced key decisions on the route for the Wellington Northern Corridor, marking a major milestone in the strategic development of this section of State Highway 1.

Transport Minister Steven Joyce says increases in fuel excise duty (FED) and Road User Charges (RUC) which come into force tomorrow will bring benefits to all New Zealanders through better roading and public transport networks.

BEAT THE EXCISE TAX INCREASE AND DRIVE YOUR DOLLAR FURTHER THIS HOLIDAY BREAK

Gull today announced a 5c per litre discount for all grades of petrol and diesel, commencing 7am Thursday 24 September and ending midday 25 September.

While the powerful road transport lobby will welcome today's announcement of a $1.4 billion mixed surface and tunnel option for the Waterview motorway connection, Waterview School pupils, parents and other residents will be much less happy as many homes, parks and archaeological sites are under t

Transport Minister Steven Joyce has welcomed progress on Auckland's Western Ring Route, with confirmation of the alignment the route will take.

The NZ Transport Agency Board has confirmed the combined surface/tunnel alignment for the Waterview Connection project that will complete the Western Ring Route around Auckland. The alignment is the same as that selected by the board in May this year as its preferred option.

Transport Minister Steven Joyce has today confirmed that the previously announced increases in fuel excise duty (FED) on petrol and road user charges (RUC) will take effect as scheduled from 1 October.

28 May 2009 - New Zealand schools, telecommunications, roads and hospitals will be strengthened through substantial infrastructure funding announced in the Budget, Infrastructure Minister Bill English says.

19 May 2009 - Transport Minister Steven Joyce has re-announced his so-called billion dollar plan for state highways so often that he must almost be able to see himself in the mirror despite the smoke, says Labour transport spokesperson Darren Hughes.

19 May 2009 - The government has today confirmed that it will invest an extra billion dollars in the state highway network over the next three years with the release of its revised Government Policy Statement on Land Transport Funding (GPS).