It recommended more user-pays mechanisms to make better use of the transport infrastructure that already exists and better prioritising of spending plans. What’s an Infrastructure Plan? The plan, a campaign commitment from National, was drawn up by the Infrastructure Commission and will be tabled in Parliament on Tuesday afternoon. The plan complained at the cost of consenting, estimating that the cost of consenting infrastructure cost about $1.3b a year. The plan recommended that 60c of every dollar of infrastructure spending should be allocated to renewals and maintenance.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 17, 2026 00:40 UTC