Councils around the country are unanimously against proposed changes by the New Zealand Transport Agency to reduce and restrict emergency funding.
The New Zealand Transport Agency is considering increasing the threshold to get emergency funding to fix roads from a one-in-10-year event to a one-in-20-year event.
And it says the funding assistance rates would drop from 20 to 10 per cent - putting more of the burden of paying for emergency roading costs on councils.
NZTA is now considering the feedback it has received and is expected to decide on any changes closer to the end of the year. But councils are universally against those two particular proposals.
Two of those in opposite parts of the country are Gisborne District Council and Grey District Council. Tim Barry, director of community lifelines at Gisborne District Council, and Tania Gibson is mayor of the Grey District.
Damage to a road in Gisborne following Cyclone Gabrielle. Photo: Kate Green / RNZ
