The Finance Minister is promising more detail is coming regarding a billion dollar pre-Budget allocation.

The funding's been labelled 'secret spending' by Labour.

Nicola Willis says this reflects the Government's provision for a potential capital to operating forecast change in transport spend - that can be subject to future decisions.

"That is literally what it is, and we will be taking policy decisions on that over the next few weeks and months." 

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