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Did Wellington Airport's advocacy meetings with then-Transport Minister Simeon Brown in 2024 influence the Minister's decision to progress the second Mt Victoria Tunnel as a Road of National Significance?

Answered Question 29550 (2026)
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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

Question

  • Did Wellington Airport's advocacy meetings with then-Transport Minister Simeon Brown in 2024 influence the Minister's decision to progress the second Mt Victoria Tunnel as a Road of National Significance?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

Answer

No. Decisions to progress the project as a Road of National Significance were consistent with the Government Policy Statement on land transport 2024 (released in June 2024), which identified it as a priority before I assumed the Transport portfolio in January 2025.