Hon PHIL TWYFORD (Minister of Transport): As part of the New Zealand Upgrade Programme, we've announced a fully funded programme of State highway projects—more than $5 billion worth—to help futureproof the economy, get our cities moving, and make our roads safer. These include the four-laning of the Tauranga Northern Link and Te Puna to Ōmokoroa on State Highway 2, which will improve safety on a dangerous stretch of highway where, under the former Government, suburban development was allowed to take place without the necessary roading upgrades. It also includes the Melling interchange, which will reduce the risk of flooding and help ease congestion at peak times, and upgrading State Highway 1 from Whangārei to Port Marsden to four lanes, which will improve safety and freight connectivity in the north.