Ms Kedgley predicted the road would simply generate more traffic. She said the road could both paralyse central city streets with congestion and increase urban sprawl up the Kapiti Coast. The road would create more problems than it would solve. But the Chair of the Regional Land Transport Committee Terry McDavitt has now admitted that Transmission Gully will cause a very significant increase in traffic congestion in the city. Ms Kedgley said the economy and the environment of both the city and the region would benefit if the money was spent on high speed public transport between centres.
Road building leads to money being spent on more travel rather than productive investment.
Public transport moves people while keeping cities compact.