December 21, 2022
Far North council eyes road links
A Far North district councillor says hearing State Highway 1 through Mangamuka Gorge will be fixed is early Christmas present.
Waka Kotahi yesterday announced it had been given an additional$100 million to repair the vital link, the road. which has been closed since August because of slips.
Penetaui Klescovic says businesses and communities in the far north are struggling because of longer times and higher costs to getin and out.
He says the council is also looking at the critical link on the eastern side.
“We reallocated some putea the other day for Kaeo and that money is going to be used ensuring route security through Kaeo, because let’s face it, $100 million is a lot of money but it’s very hard to spend $100 million,” he says.
Mr Klescovic expects it will take a long time to fix Mangamuka.