After yet another tragic weekend on New Zealand - and in particular on Waikato and Bay of Plenty - roads it time for this Government to change its approach and deliver on roading
Letters: Time to deliver safer roads in this year of delivery
We need to work together
Front page news:" Katikati bypass is desperately needed" (News, April 20). What it does not say is an Omokoroa Interchange is desperately needed: the upgrade at the Cambridge Rd SH29 intersection is desperately needed; the Northern Link is desperately needed. Why can Wellington not do its homework like the rest of us have to, and fund infrastructure properly?
The Government appears to have forgotten this is a growth region, unlike most parts of New Zealand, and we are being totally ignored.
Something has to give. Because of congestion and lack of capacity on our roads, planners in Wellington where the decisions are made, need to be held to account. Government is responsible for the State Highways. While Deputy Transport Minister Julie-Anne Genter is calling for local government to address road safety issues, she seems to be oblivious to the fact that she and her senior colleague (Phil Twyford) are responsible for funding our state highways road safety work. We have plenty of intersections desperately needing attention too. Wake up Wellington - we have long since lost patience.
Time to work together.
Margaret Murray-Benge
Bethlehem