The Transport Minister's backing his future fuel tax increase.
The Government's $21 billion draft transport plan features 15 Roads of National Significance and a half billion-dollar pothole prevention fund.
A $50 increase in vehicle registration fees over the next two years will help pay for it.
Fuel taxes will increase by 22 cents a litre over the next term of Parliament.
Simeon Brown told Mike Hosking that the first hike will come in 2027.
He says by that stage there won't have been an increase in fuel excise for six years, and the reality is funding's needed to pay for the infrastructure we need.
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