The bizarre sight of tsunami evacuation footbridges sitting unfinished and unusable has become a topic of scorn among Papamoa residents since construction stopped months ago.
One of those who tried to get an explanation was Calypso Drive resident Kay Harris who lives close to where one of the bridges straddles the Wairakei Stream.
Eventually she contacted Mount councillor Wayne Moultrie who raised the issue at a council meeting this week. But he also failed to get an explanation and was instead promised an email.
Mrs Harris was at the bridge yesterday morning where a couple of men were pricing the cost of building the missing abutment needed to connect the bridge to her side of the stream.
"It seems bizarre that you can build a bridge and call it a tsunami evacuation bridge, but it sits for months waiting to be completed."