National is promising to scrap the Government’s $14.6 billion light rail project in Auckland and spend a similar figure on seven highway and public transport projects.
If it is elected at October’s general election, National has a $13.5b package for the Super City, including extending State Highway 1 from Warkworth to Wellsford and building rapid transit from Botany to the airport.
National transport spokesman Simeon Brown said the $2.1b Botany-to-airport link could be used by buses of trackless trams, which are a version of light rail and require heavy foundations.
They don’t need rail tracks but rely on other technologies to hold them in place.
