There's a belief changes to road cone use will help strike a better balance between safety and minimising disruption.  

The Government's announced a new risk-based approach to temporary traffic management rather than requiring a certain number of cones per project.  

NZTA will also have to publicly report on its total cone spending per quarter.  

Temporary traffic management industry steering group chair Dave Tilton told Heather du Plessis-Allan this makes sense. 

He said that for the most part the current system served its purpose, but it’s been identified that it's not getting the right about of TTM, which is what its purpose is. 

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