EDITORIAL: The Christchurch City Council wants the power to introduce its own fuel tax. GEORGE HEARD/STUFF Christchurch has a strong case to be the only city or district council allowed to implement its own fuel tax. If passed into law, the Land Transport Management (Regional Fuel Tax) Amendment Bill would be implemented by regional authorities, which in Christchurch means Environment Canterbury (ECan). READ MORE:* One step closer to Auckland Regional Fuel Tax, as Bill gets first Parliament reading* Government rules out Christchurch fuel tax for now* Christchurch City Council wants to introduce fuel tax to pay for road repairs* Christchurch City Council to focus on keeping rates rises under 5 per centThe council is right in principle, but not practice. A fuel tax paid exclusively by road users to fix the city's broken roads presents no such problem.

Source: Stuff April 20, 2018 16:52 UTC