I am saddened to find council roading staff are leaving my street, Dalton Drive. They have become part of the family – every day for seven months a wave as you pass, a smile as you return, not a snarl as you wait for the queue coming the other way to disperse.
How dare the council take them away. They said we could have them for a month (way back in March) and now seven months later they threaten to move them on.
How can this be allowed to happen – can the council not find another half a million so they can stay till Christmas?
Seven months to complete a one-month roundabout, half a million to complete a quarter of a million roundabout, surely we can waste another quarter of a million so come Christmas I can take the lads down a bottle of beer and say ‘thank you'.
But no, someone in council might be held responsible. Please do not hurt them; do not question the over-run. Their wastefulness has made me so many new friends I beg you not to chastise them; let them go elsewhere and make friends for others; maybe even promote them.
W Keereweer, Papamoa.
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Posted on 04-11-2017 13:11 | By groutby
....more than a tear in your eye W Keereweer, to have such a happening in your street is surely agonising to say the least...and have no doubt, no-one in council will be held responsible for such cost over-runs, so your new recently departed friends will not suffer in any way whatsoever, in fact, it will be only a matter of time until it is decided that the recent works need to be modified, re-aligned of even repaired at great expense due to reasons we will never get to know, so the opportunity to see your friends or maybe even new ones is only a short time away...so..fear not W Keereweer, save that beer for them, for they will surely return soon.....
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