The Government has previously vetoed every petrol tax, toll or congestion charge the council has proposed, but now has changed its tune. Unlike the council, the Government does not advance these for revenue raising but for reducing traffic on the roads. The joint report for the council and the Government this week did not suggest how road travel might be charged. The council has been resigned to this prospect for some years, largely because it looks to road charges for a source of revenue for its underground rail link. Feedback from members, it says, showed support for tolls as long as people could be convinced it was for congestion benefits, not simply revenue.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 22, 2016 17:02 UTC