I read with horror and disbelief in The Weekend Sun last week that one Maketu-Kaimai ward councillor wants to stop the Te Puke mainstreet project to make it single-laned. The town has been chucked more than $1m to do up Jellicoe St – plus put in new plantings, rubbish bins, refurbish light stands, seating, bike stands.

And this is all at no cost to ratepayers! Katikati would love to be wad of cash to do up its main street – and it would definitely not complain about having one lane for through-traffic and another as a reversing lane. Currently reversing into State Highway 2 traffic onto Katikati's main street is dangerous – for drivers and pedestrians.

Sounds like this councillors and the ‘boys club' of Te Puke are scared of change and possibly think their trucks own the town.

K Morland, Katikati.