I agree with Nick Bagnall's letter giving some praise to Winston Peters for his work behind the Tauranga Harbour Bridge. However, Winston didn't do it on his own. Much credit must go to a man named Ross Linney of Mount Maunganui, and his committee.
They fought tenaciously and relentlessly for the bridge tolls to be abolished and the rightful authorities to erect this magnificent public amenity.
M.P. O'Connor, Mt Maunganui.
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Sorry to say your facts are a bit muddled
Posted on 10-08-2011 18:38 | By KAMIKAZE
The Toll group not just Ross Linney were eventually the catalyst for having tolls removed from the original Harbour Bridge.It was the unsustainable position of the TDC Council at the time that was the final straw . Tolls were not really a bad thing if amending legislation was forthcoming to continue tolls for specified roading purposes. However paying tolls into a general TCC slush fund was an absolute no no. The Toll Group did not provide any impetus for the new toll free Harbour Bridge as that was entirely PETERS doing whatever his motives.
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