What a ‘hole' lot of rubbish the new roading on State Highway 2 from Wainui South Rd to Sargent Drive has turned out to be.

Months of being patient with the brand new seal being put down and the ever popular ‘cheese grater' safety barriers as far as the eye can see - don't get me started on that one! - to be sent into shock and anger as I drive straight over two huge holes at the start of their new seal.

Yes, I was looking where I was going, but it was 7am and still dark and raining heavily.

This was on a Friday. By Sunday there would be at least another seven to try and avoid.

The old saying of ‘they don't make ‘em like they used to' springs to mind. But having just replaced a tyre due to a nail in it, I was less than impressed with the possibility of more unavoidable damage. What if someone decides to try and swerve and hits another car coming up the passing lane?

Are the roading contractors taking shortcuts themselves by not putting enough layers down, maybe using the wrong mix? What is their excuse for such a ‘holey mess' I wonder…too much rain, not the right type of rain, on a fault line?

Let's hear the Tui excuses.

K Wheeler, Katikati.