Northland Port

The next piece of policy is advance the Marsden Point rail link and also the Northland Expressway.

The proposed Marsden Point rail link could provide another freight connection to Northport.

This is really important in acknowledging that we need that emission reduction in our freight, so from heavy vehicles to rail.

However, some criticisms of the Northland Expressway, it may be a less efficient way to invest in freight and economic resilience, and there's also that add-on with land use, tolling, and environmental consequences.