Election 2026: Act to stop road funding going towards public art, protect maintenance money

NZ Herald4 Sep, 2026 12:15 AM5 mins to readUniversity of Auckland senior lecturer in urban planning Dr Timothy Welch joins The Front Page to explain how it could work and what we can learn from cities overseas.The Act Party says it will stop public art being funded from transport budgets and ensure money earmarked for road maintenance isn’t raided to pay for new projects. There is also policy on requiring the “lowest-cost safe option” for new transport projects to be publicised alongside the preferred option.