The Government has made urgent moves to focus it's transport goals on the areas hit by Cyclone Gabrielle.

In its three-year plan, Labour had wanted to reallocate some of the money normally spent on road maintenance for bus and bike lanes.

But now the Government has hit the brakes on making emissions reductions its top transport priority, and instead refocused on repairing the devastated roading network.

Graeme Lowes is the Operations Manager at Farmer's Transport which operates in Hawke's Bay and the East Coast.

He spoke to Charlotte Cook.