In Faulkner's corner on 5 Sept he stated that Route K will be taken over by the agency in 2012. Not long ago the CEO Town told us that the $52m plus the $13m, would be looked at by the agency once the new toll had been in place for a time, to see if it was making money.
Can any one see any government spending $65m on a road that will never pay its way, and with the toll going up next year, the volume will drop, I understand the agency said they will only look at this if it was making money, over long term, which would mean 5 years or more.
Now that Mr Town is off, his idea that to up the toll to make it pay, did they look at ways to get more traffic on the road, say from 15th Ave? When the increase in tolls does not work the Mayor and council will say we got bad advice. Yet again, has any one heard any of the long term councillors say they got it wrong, it's always someone else's fault, it's time for a change.
E.K. Mills, Tauranga.