Letters to the editor: Covid-19 tracer app easy to forget

One reader has found QR codes hard to find. Photo / File

So last week I trotted off to a shop in Greerton. Being part of the Team of Five Million I stood at the shop door looking for the Covid app to scan. Nothing to be seen. Went inside and asked an attendant who directed me to a countertop. Nothing to be seen. I was then told it was under a pile of new deliveries. I gave up.

Next shop stop was in Fraser Cove. No Covid app at the door. At the counter I was told I would see it on the back of the door on my way out.

Off to church and no sign of any app on the entry door. Instead the app was lost in a sea of other notices and well out of the line of sight on entry, making the task so easy to forget and really, not to bother with.

A G Stewart
Pyes Pā

Bay Link roading project cost doubles

I read in Bay of Plenty Times (22 Jan), with surprise that the Bay Link roading project had all but doubled in cost and would take an extra year to complete.

One of the reasons given is that "We are investing in the mechanics (what are they?) and working to make sure that it is finished to the best standard and with the quality that we can."

This suggests to me the previous time span did not include recognition of these qualities!

It is also stated that the additional cost will be covered by "the agency", being Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency.

No, it is covered by the taxpayer as the "agency" is a distributor for the taxpayer funds.

Maybe they should not forget that point when they make such statements.

A D (Tony) Kirby
Pāpāmoa

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