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Letters: Roadworks taking too long

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19 Jun, 2019 04:00 PM3 mins to read

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A reader wants to know when the works on Tarawera Rd will be completed. Photo / File

A reader wants to know when the works on Tarawera Rd will be completed. Photo / File

I do not profess to being an expert in road repairs or maintenance.

I refer to the repairs of the Tarawera Rd culvert, just beyond Te Wairoa.

The repairs have been ongoing for the past seven months.

As a frequent user of this road I am flabbergasted the job has taken this long.

On many occasions a large number of "workers" are present - a large percentage of whom, in my observations, are supporting themselves to terra firma by leaning on a shovel.

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If this has not been an instance of "overkill" I would like to know what is.

I presume the Roads Board are primary funders for all these hours, along with us as mere taxpayers.

Get real - this has been a fiasco and I would appreciate a response from someone in authority.

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James Blakely
Rotorua

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