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How many new motorways has the north island had compared to the South Island?
We didn't get any of the Roads of National Significance :/
Yeah, that’s where I was going with that. I kind of get it as I’m in the regions and our population is low enough that our roads suck and are expected to suck in perpetuity. Seems the Govt. is mostly fascinated by trying to grow the infrastructure of Hamilton and Auckland.
Brougham st is getting a pretty neat cycle/pedestrian over pass
one in $9
That prompted me to wonder what the population split between islands is.
Over three-quarters of the population (76.4%) live in the North Island...
From the Wikipedia page, but I can't find a citation for that particular figure.
So 1/9 of the roading spend is disproportionate to the population: $2.5/9 would be fairer.
With a similar geographic area and only a third of the relative population, SI would need more than their population based share to have equivalent quality roading.
TIL there's a South Island Minister.
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