Once upon a time there was a nice road at Te Maunga and after a lot of money was spent by ratepayers and taxpayers at great cost to both, we now have a roundabout.
So far we have roundabouts at: Truman Lane at Te Maunga,
McDonald Street, traffic lights at:
Jean Batten Drive and the Toll Road. The rest of us have all paid for most of it one way or another (cost is millions) yet the only purpose for any of them is more development profits.
The latest scheming seeks for Council to pay for better access out of Belk Road onto SH29, that will be essential as part of a resource consent by any developer and has nothing to do with safety on SH29.
It has everything to do with access to Belk Road and that is only needed for future development purposes and no public road usage or safety.
The developer needs to provide its own access at its own lands and its own cost. The proposed plan will slow SH29 traffic flow for the vast majority of users. This is not a safety issue it is all about commercial profits.
A Barnes, Tauranga.