Letters: City may be doomed to repeat past mistakes

Cameron Rd near the Seventh Ave intersection. Photo / George Novak

Some years back, an organisation called WAG protested against the forced introduction of water meters to this city.

Yet we are still seeing water restrictions.

Then downtown Tauranga was completely revamped using funds from the Tauranga Electrical Company, which the council owned and sold.

Another organisation called EAGLE (Edgewater Action Group for Lower Expenditure) pointed out with concern the huge numbers of car parks that were being lost due to the redesign of the downtown precinct.

But as more car parks were lost, the city started to stagnate and now is all but dead. I, for one, never go there.

Now the council is doing it again - this time to Cameron Rd. Parking spaces will again disappear.

Will this mean the end of Cameron Rd shops?

Mitre 10 director Greg Bold is correct when he said the Greerton redevelopment was a total fiasco (News, April 1). That created problem is faced every day as we drive through.

Maybe get some children in. I bet my 5-year-old grandson could have a decent go at providing some answers.

Those who do not listen to past mistakes are doomed to make more of the same in the future.

Laurie Sanders
Tauranga

Don't close the book on Pike River

Government - for the people, by the people, of the people.

Pike River is about us, not the Government, and I cannot believe that the people of New Zealand wish to have the matter brushed so lightly under the carpet.

We owe the families of that terrible accident closure, they need to see for themselves exactly what happened.

They also need the opportunity to lay to rest the remains of their loved ones.

How dare the Government close the book.

Who agrees that this is a travesty and must not be allowed to happen?

Jim Adams
Rotorua

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