Re: Council roadworks between the expressway and Bethlehem.

I find it cynical of the council to have put a second lane in for traffic leaving Tauranga between the expressway and Bethlehem but have left one lane for traffic entering Tauranga.

Look and you will see that there is room for second lane but this has deliberately been left as a choke point.

We can have a new highway to nowhere and the old road to Te Puke can be done but we cannot have 0.75km of road for the seven-10km of traffic piled up every morning.

The council has been aware Te Puna Station Rd brings State Highway 2 to a halt every morning – and during the last year this has gone from a few cars to now one kilometre of cars that turn off at Te Puna Rd so they can jump the queue.

It would seem too hard for the council put a ‘No exit' sign from Te Puna Station Rd between 7am and 9am, put a second lane in to the expressway and alleviate the traffic woes for the medium term.

Also be sure the new roundabout in Te Puna is going to slow down SH2 more as Minden residents will now be able to turn right into town, rather than left, then through the BP to get into the town bound lane.

Council need to make some commonsense decisions.

R Allen, Te Puna.