Pothole Priorities.
In a Climate Crisis.
If you were the opposition Transport spokesperson in an escalating climate crisis what would you say was the priority? Reducing emissions? Not a chance. Encouraging people out of cars and onto public transport? Yeah Nah. Filling in potholes? Now you’re talking!
Simeon Brown, National spokesman for Moar Roads, and Christopher Luxon, leader with responsibility for grinning inanely in the face of the climate crisis, announced they would spend half a billion dollars fixing the holes in the roads.
Yes, laying out their credentials for leading us through the Climate Crisis, Fat Cat Man and Roading Boy announced their pledge to fix holes in the road. Because you have to pull out all the stops in an emergency.
How’re they going to pay for it? “By slashing road safety initiatives”. Good oh, this just keeps getting better. Yes, in order to fund their roading addiction, National are going to axe funding for speed limit reductions, speed bumps, and the Road to Zero campaign to reduce the road toll, and “make ‘fixing the roads’ the number one priority.”
Some of you might remember a newsletter I wrote a week or two ago that mentioned we’d just had the hottest day in history. Surpassing the record set the previous day. It doesn’t look like things are cooling down any time soon.
