Community board calls for plan to cover costs of road repairs
The chairman of Whanganui District Council's rural community board said there's been too much dawdling around the issue of special rates to cover damage to rural roads by logging trucks.
David [Tex] Matthews told Tuesday's council meeting that, while Whanganui was still discussing the matter, other councils had got things sorted out.
He said the idea of special rating to recover costs for the expected damage was something his board had "kicked around for six years at least".
"We have the tools to mitigate the damage and one of those is targeted rates, but it's been a battle to get some traction on this," Mr Matthews said.