"Our advice is to avoid travelling in and around city centres altogether tomorrow. Otherwise make other transport plans where possible - walk, cycle or catch the ferry or train, travel early or delay travel, work from home or take a long weekend," says Mike Noon General Manager AA Motoring Affairs.

Protesting against the government's increasing of road user charges (RUC) on Tuesday, truck drivers will converge on city centres between 7.30am and 9am tomorrow morning.

"In some centres traffic jams may not just be limited to the time of the protest but may in fact result in congestion for much of the day," says Mr Noon.

Protests are expected to take place in a number of city centres including Queen Street in Auckland, central Wellington and Hamilton. Protests can also be expected in Tauranga, Whangarei, Rotorua, Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill.

"We are asking those who need to drive to make sure they have adequate fuel and to make room for any emergency and rescue vehicles needing to get through," says Mr Noon.

Where possible, the AA will be providing regular updates through the AA Roadwatch website www.aa.roadwatch.co.nz tomorrow. The AA will publish the proposed routes for the trucking protest convoys on www.aa.co.nz so that Members can avoid getting caught in traffic jams.

For more information contact

Mike Noon
General Manager AA Motoring Affairs
New Zealand Automobile Association
T. +64 4 931 9984
M. +64 21 659 704

The New Zealand Automobile Association is an incorporated society with over one million members. It represents the interests of road users who collectively pay over $2 billion in taxes each year through fuels excise, road user charges and GST.