It is not yet known whether scooters and motorbikes would be exempted from road tolls, as is the practice overseas. Labour's Auckland Issues spokesman Phil Twyford said today that road tolls would mean huge travel bills for Aucklanders. Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playPrime Minister John Key says petrol taxes could be reduced to offset the costs of proposed road tolls in Auckland. He made the comments after the Labour Party warned that road tolls could cost regular Auckland commuters up to $10 a day, or $2500 a year. A joint Government-Auckland Council report released yesterday said that road charging was needed to fix the city's worsening gridlock.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 22, 2016 01:19 UTC