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$100m for Napier-Hastings road better spent on SH2

Sep 06 2024 Updated September 5, 2024

Opinion

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A four-track road from Napier to Hastings that will save 10 minutes travelling time ... or new highway improvements from Gisborne to Napier that are 20 years overdue?

A whole community versus some petrol heads in Parliament - what a sad way to blow a hundred million dollars.

Ian Gaskin, Waikaremoana

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