Proposed petrol tax for roading slated
NZPA | Thursday, 26 April 2007
A leading Wellington transport official has criticised a proposal to tax motorists at the pump to pay for roading projects.
It was reported yesterday that the Government was tipped to announce a 10-cents-a-litre petrol tax to pay for Auckland roads and trains. And, it was suggested, a tax could also be introduced in Wellington – though to a lesser extent – and other regions would be able to request the right to tax for transport infrastructure.
But the chairman of the Greater Wellington regional council land transport committee, Terry McDavitt, said petrol taxes were a strange idea, with the biggest road users escaping such a levy because they used diesel.
"We are following it and we don't like petrol taxes in Wellington," he said.
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