Driving on State Highway 1 via Taupo, motorists will have been able to negotiate a new bypass.
This would have cost the taxpayer a bob or two, as it includes a beautiful bridge over the Waikato River.
The most interesting aspect is that there is a complete lack of tolls.
So why is the greater Tauranga area lumbered with a second toll road, as yet incomplete?
I am sure Mr Simon Bridges and Mr Tony Ryall will have a satisfactory explanation.
Ian Grace, Gate Pa.