NZ First leader and Northland MP Winston Peters says the seventh crash involving a logging truck in Northland in just over seven weeks proves once again that a balanced road and rail transport plan needs implementing in the region.
“When will the government step in and introduce a proper transport plan, balanced across all modes of the road, rail, and sea freight, as well as specialist log truck driver training in Northland,” asks Peters.
“These accidents just go on and on, and all we see from local and national politicians is an endless wringing of hands as though they are powerless to act,” he says.
“New Zealand First has long warned that these big rigs were going to keep toppling over repeatedly unless there is action taken. Nothing is happening, and here we are again,” says Peters.
