Questions to Ministers – Victoria Park Roading Project—Start of Construction – Parliament
NIKKI KAYE (National—Auckland Central) to the Minister of Transport: What progress has the Government made on progressing the Victoria Park road of national significance?
Hon STEVEN JOYCE (Minister of Transport) : I am pleased to report that last week I turned the first sod on construction of the new, $400 million Victoria Park project, which is the first road of national significance project to get under way. This is also one of the first projects to benefit from the Government’s decision to increase State highway construction funding by $1 billion over the next 3 years. It provides further certainty in an important and vulnerable time for the construction industry. I am pleased to report that the project is expected to employ 450 people: 350 directly on-site, and a further 100 in downstream jobs.
Nikki Kaye: What long-term economic benefits will the Victoria Park project provide?



