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about 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Auckland Roads
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about 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Nice to learn we are paying for their roads. What next??
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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about 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Umm a refit of Eden park no wait hang on we're doing that already(even though a stadium on the wharf would've been a much better option)
I guess seeing as John Banks ain't to keen on using the Auckland city rates to pay for bugger all at the moment,next is the footpaths and other infrastructure
giddyup2009-03-16 18:24:32
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I beg to differ. We are paying for New Zealand roads. 
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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about 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
dairyflat wrote:
I beg to differ. We are paying for New Zealand roads. 


From Bombay Hills northwards.
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about 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Er, Auckland dumped on Michael Cullen when he revealed that for the last 20 years, Auckland only got two-thirds of what it paid in road taxes.  I could say the rest of the country is sucking Auckland dry, but frankly I don't mind paying more than my fair share if it means we get the country on the move.  Nothing like being stuck in  a traffic jam at 12.30 in the middle of the day, to make you realise that if you don't move, your economy is stuffed.
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edward l wrote:
for the last 20 years, Auckland only got two-thirds of what it paid in road taxes.


What's AKL, about a quarter of NZ's population? So is it just a straight line question  that 1/4 of NZ needs 1/4 of road funding?  Probably not...  Anyone?


Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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about 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
dairyflat wrote:
edward l wrote:
for the last 20 years, Auckland only got two-thirds of what it paid in road taxes.


What's AKL, about a quarter of NZ's population? So is it just a straight line question  that 1/4 of NZ needs 1/4 of road funding?  Probably not...  Anyone?




Sweet. Then lets not tax the entire country 3c per litre and then 6 c per litre next year to fund ONLY auckland roads. Call it a roading tax and divide it out on a per capita basis FFS, this just re-inforces the negative psyche sorrounding Auckland/Jaffa's
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about 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
..or, in a total reversal of living up to promises, they could take the huge portion of tax on petrol that has already been added to 'improve inrastructure' and actually use it for that instead of using it to fund everything out of the consolidated fund.

Within two years this new windfall will be spent everywhere else except on roads (or more importantly rail) as has happened with every increase for 'infrastructure improvement' over the last twenty years.
Hard News2009-03-19 14:19:18

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brumbys wrote:
dairyflat wrote:
edward l wrote:
for the last 20 years, Auckland only got two-thirds of what it paid in road taxes.


What's AKL, about a quarter of NZ's population? So is it just a straight line question  that 1/4 of NZ needs 1/4 of road funding?  Probably not...  Anyone?




Sweet. Then lets not tax the entire country 3c per litre and then 6 c per litre next year to fund ONLY auckland roads. Call it a roading tax and divide it out on a per capita basis FFS, this just re-inforces the negative psyche sorrounding Auckland/Jaffa's

Who said this tax is only for Aucklands roads?That is not my understanding.
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about 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
dairyflat wrote:
I beg to differ. We are paying for New Zealand roads. 
 
Yes last time I checked Auckland was part of New Zealand.
Don't get this anti Auckland thing, a bit childish I think
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about 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
46 cents in every dollar goes into the consolodated fund - nt including 12.5% GST according to some guy on NewstalkZB this arvo.
 
The money is meant to be for all of New Zealands Roads, namely Auckland at this stage but other projects are in line too - allegedly.
 
Last night on the talkback a guy from Timaru said they had a bypass road 6kms in length bookmarked at a cost of 43 million, yet the cost in Auckland was approximately 300 million, leaving the question, How come bitchumum and gravel is so much more expensive in Auckland??
Lonegunmen2009-03-17 18:12:02
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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about 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Labour fees.

Construction workers in Timaru are fed on Speights.
Construction workers in Auckland are fed on low-fat soy flat whites.

It adds up.
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Hmm, I think what stuck in the throat of Aucklanders wasn't the paying an extra 50 percent for everyone else, it was the extra regional road tax on top. 
I mean, now its Auckland's turn everyone starts crowing.  We've paid for you for the last 20 years or more, so what's this grizzling about??
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robbwatson wrote:
Labour fees.

Construction workers in Timaru are fed on Speights.
Construction workers in Auckland are fed on low-fat soy flat whites.

It adds up.



Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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robbwatson wrote:
Labour fees.

Construction workers in Timaru are fed on Speights.
Construction workers in Auckland are fed on low-fat soy flat whites.

It adds up.
 
Served up at a Ponsonby Cafe with their Crusont before work??
Lonegunmen2009-03-18 17:38:38
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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Lonegunmen wrote:
robbwatson wrote:
Labour fees.

Construction workers in Timaru are fed on Speights.
Construction workers in Auckland are fed on low-fat soy flat whites.

It adds up.
 
Served up at a Ponsonby Cafe with their Crusont before work??
Correction, double shot decaf large latt� trim hold the cinnamon, don't boil, heated to 92 degrees, thanks.
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about 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

it sux either way, petrol costs go up as soon as anything needs to be done, ACC shortfall - levies go up therefore petrol goes up......Auckland roading is sh*te, petrol goes up......

Queenslander 3x a year.

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about 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
All those big heavy 4 wheel drives, making that long 3km trip to take one big fat useless child to school plays havoc with the road surfaces you know. Somebody has to pay to fix it....

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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