Still no clarity about whether Wellington's second Mt Victoria Tunnel will begin construction this year. 

National promised to begin work on the tunnel this term, but Transport Minister Chris Bishop last week suggested that wasn't firm. 

Finance Minister Nicola Willis says geotechnical work is underway - but Cabinet hasn't decided when construction will start. 

"We're looking at all the Roads of National Significance to determine what order do we sequence these in, and how do we make sure that we fund them in the most appropriate way - and how does that sit alongside our really important obligation to be maintaining the roads?"

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