Traffic on State Highway 2. Photo / File
Re the letter from list MP Angie Warren-Clark (February 15) on the northern arterial route.
The northern arterial route had been approved, consented and land purchased, and work was due to start on the new road in October 2017.
The incoming three-headed (Labour, Greens and NZ First) Coalition Government cancelled
this road.
About 12 months ago the Coalition Government announced that the northern arterial road would proceed but that it would only be one lane each way and no start date was advised.
Pressure from groups such as Save our Bloody Road forced the Coalition Government to make a big announcement of the new road, but it could have easily have started in October 2017 and by now be well on the way to completion.
