Labour opens Northland highway they condemned and fought against

The Puhoi to Warkworth highway has been opened by Chris Hipkins. This was funded by the previous National Government and Labour fought it every step of the way, labelling it a holiday highway. Northlanders have been hanging out for this, and I am sure they will remember these quotes:

• Labour’s Transport spokesperson Shane Jones is welcoming reports that that the so-called ‘holiday highway’ from Puhoi to Wellsford may be delayed
• Phil Twyford – “That the planned motorway now only runs from Auckland to the Omaha turn off in Warkworth it is clearer than ever that its purpose is to make it faster a faster trip for the Prime Minister to get to his holiday house.”
• Twyford again – “National is determined to spend $1.3 billion on the ill-fated Puhoi-Wellsford holiday highway when that money could fund the central government’s share of the City Rail Link.”