Will National's road tolls improve Auckland's traffic situation?

Maurice Williamson says Kiwis would rather pay for road tolls than wasted fuel. Photo / Wanganui Chronicle

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National's transport spokesman, Maurice Williamson, said in the weekend that commuters could face bills of up to $50 a week for tolls of $3 to $5 a trip on new motorways or similar "roads of national importance".

However party leadership swung into damage-control mode yesterday to limit fallout from the comments, which leader John Key has disowned and political opponents have seized upon.

Mr Williamson clarifed that National would not be imposing $50 a week of road tolls on motorists as he had freely discussed in interviews.

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