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The Auckland Transport (AT) Board has approved a number of climate change-based policy decisions.
These include a governance framework for climate change matters, climate change priorities, the Transmission Emission Reduction Pathways (TERP) implementation as a standing item for the board and a climate change adaptation policy.
Board member Abbie Reynolds said laying out AT’s priorities would provide clarity.
“We have been trying to answer what we need to prioritise for a while,” Reynolds said.
The climate change adaptation policy will require future climate risks to be considered when managing AT assets over their lifespan. Reynolds said it was a policy about integrating the science.
“This is about us building assets that are resilient into the future.”
While Reynolds was mostly optimistic, member Mark Darrow said he was concerned about the cost of the TERP.
Darrow said it could make funding tighter at AT and that they were already underspending in order to maintain renewables.
Member Nicole Rosie echoed concerns. She said the rising number of weather events was increasing the maintenance needed for AT’s assets.
