Oh, come on, Roger, (Roger Bailey Sept 25) painting lines on our Tauranga road to indicate to residents where a tsunamis might reach is a naff idea!
I guess it could keep a few people in a job for a while, support the paint suppliers and also use up some of the ‘excess' rates money that seems always up for grabs for unnecessary council projects. I can't believe that you are miffed about someone else pinching that idea from you.
Although no criteria was proposed for how large a sea surge might be used as a base for the idea I would have to assume that all of The Mount and Papamoa residential areas would be painted blue for a starter, then the lower reaches of Welcome Bay, Tauranga city waterfront, and all the other suburbs fronting on to Tauranga Harbour. Absurd!
That area would likely cover some 70% of Tauranga City! And for what purpose?
Like you in Wellington, most people would never have any idea at all what the blue lines were for, and those that did would not care a toss.
I mean, how could it possibly help to know the possible limits of a sea surge at some unknown, possible point in the future?
Now, if your suggestion had been for such blue lines to indicate to Papamoa residents the extent of surface flooding of local roads following three days of non-stop heavy rain, such as has been experienced at least twice in the last decade, then I might not have laughed so
loudly.

Ray Fowke, Papamoa.