One wonders how the new roundabout at Te Puna will work. The chaos created by this project is appalling, with traffic backed up for miles twice a day and slow traffic all day. How will it work? Will it work?

People will still have to wait when exiting Te Puna Rd and the Minden exits for a kind driver to let them through. Traffic lights would have been a much better, safer bet.

Why spend $2.5 million on such a roundabout and cause so much chaos when they could have simply painted the roundabout on the road surface as many enlightened planners are doing in other countries? Have a look at this nightmare – it works okay and handles a lot more traffic too (and for the past 60 years or so) www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OGvj7GZSIo There are seven roundabouts in this complex and traffic can move in more than one direction.

A simple intersection like Te Puna with a painted roundabout or a concrete mowing strip would be no problem to any driver with more than one brain cell.

A Bourne, Bethlehem