{"id":280603,"date":"2026-02-12T14:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/280603\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:44:12","slug":"eastern-busway-funding-for-final-section-confirmed-by-government-auckland-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/280603\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Busway: Funding for final section confirmed by Government, Auckland Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  alt=\"The Botany section of the proposed Eastern Busway project. Photo \/ Auckland Council\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The Botany section of the proposed Eastern Busway project. Photo \/ Auckland Council<\/p>\n<p class=\"iSXYlpzztwWbxuk\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cConnecting Botany to Pakuranga and Panmure, with largely separated busways, means travel from Botany to Auckland\u2019s city centre will take a reliable 40 minutes by bus and train,\u201d said Transport Minister Chris Bishop. <\/p>\n<p class=\"iSXYlpzztwWbxuk\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cBy 2028 the Eastern Busway is forecasted to carry 18,000 passengers per day, with 24,000 passengers per day by 2048. <\/p>\n<p class=\"iSXYlpzztwWbxuk\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAlongside the City Rail Link, which opens this year, these projects will reshape the way people get around Auckland. The already-open Panmure to Pakuranga busway is proof of how rapid transit can give people better access to jobs and opportunities across the city.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"iSXYlpzztwWbxuk\" style=\"display:none\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/aucklands-14b-eastern-busway-gets-funding-to-complete-the-job\/5SLENV6YMTZAO734C2HMAYGJV4\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/aucklands-14b-eastern-busway-gets-funding-to-complete-the-job\/5SLENV6YMTZAO734C2HMAYGJV4\/\">Eastern Busway project overall <\/a>includes 7km of busway, including five new stations, and 12km of dedicated walking and cycleways. <\/p>\n<p class=\"iSXYlpzztwWbxuk\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cCompleting the full busway through to Botany Town Centre is a key milestone. It will integrate with the future Airport to Botany Busway and improve public transport options for people living and working in East Auckland,\u201d said Auckland Minister Simeon Brown. <\/p>\n<p class=\"iSXYlpzztwWbxuk\" style=\"display:none\">After the Government came to power, there was some concern within the council over funding the project. <\/p>\n<p class=\"iSXYlpzztwWbxuk\" style=\"display:none\">The Government abolished the Regional Fuel Tax &#8211; removing a revenue stream for council &#8211; and expected unspent funds from it to be allocated to the Eastern Busway and other projects. But Councillor<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/auckland-council-wants-government-to-fully-fund-eastern-busway-after-fuel-tax-axing\/PHRZIZY5YBDNPK6JYHRVDMCITE\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/auckland-council-wants-government-to-fully-fund-eastern-busway-after-fuel-tax-axing\/PHRZIZY5YBDNPK6JYHRVDMCITE\/\"> Julie Fairey said the Government should fully fund it <\/a>and not tell the council what to prioritise in its city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Botany section of the proposed Eastern Busway project. Photo \/ Auckland Council \u201cConnecting Botany to Pakuranga and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[665,51,157172,3595,2199,2223,5205,11585,5346,5904,2082,738,266,5838,6722,111,43,139,69,3263,54547,530,14777,11584,112],"class_list":["post-280603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-around","tag-auckland","tag-busway","tag-by","tag-city","tag-confirmed","tag-council","tag-eastern","tag-expected","tag-final","tag-for","tag-funding","tag-government","tag-help","tag-minister","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-project","tag-reshape","tag-residents","tag-section","tag-stretch","tag-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}