The first is that the bill requires KiwiRail to develop a rail network investment programme that is submitted to the Minister of Transport for approval. KiwiRail is also now required to submit relevant parts of the programme to the Auckland and Wellington regional transport committees, where rail plays such an important role in urban rapid transit. The purpose of this is to improve coordinated planning for the metropolitan rail networks in those cities. This can be extended to other regions by ministerial approval if needed in the future—and that's a good thing because there's a lot of work going on right now in places like Canterbury and the Bay of Plenty and in the Waikato about how commuter rail could play a part in their transport systems. 