Whanganui Labour candidate Steph Lewis says Labour's promise to almost double the roading budget available to local councils will be especially welcome in Whanganui where logging trucks and funding cuts are making life difficult for city officials.
Labour says it will double the funding accessible for roading funds for local and regional councils from $140 million to $240m if elected Government.
It will also hold a roading summit within the first 100 days of government with local leaders to establish what areas are vital to improve in the long term.
Logging activity has increased in the district and is set to ramp up further from next year onwards with 15 years worth of forests coming on stream for harvesting in what the Whanganui District Council has described as a "wall of wood".
The damage to the district's roads from logging trucks means the council faces a shortfall over the next 10 years in its roading budget - possibly as much as $60m - and has had to defer scheduled works to complete more urgent repairs, notably to Okoia, Marangai and Eastown roads.
Changes to funding from NZTA also means council will, at best, receive the same level of road funding over the next three years, as the Government seeks a 20 per cent saving in roading costs.
Ms Lewis said Labour's roading assistance will be very welcome "especially in light of the increase in the volume of logging trucks and milk tankers which are wearing out our roads faster".
She said there were still a number of roads in her electorate, which have not been repaired following the June 2015 storm.
Labour's announcement did not specify how much funding would be available to Whanganui specifically.