Debbie Pascoe News Today

The $280m project still doesn't have a complete section of road but NZTA says it's done the prep work.

Protesters opposed to the Mt Messenger bypass on State Highway 3 have now been moved off the site by police.

Poutama's bid to have a court decision denying their iwi and hapū status recalled by the High Court has failed.

Questions are being asked about whether 30 hectares of native forest really needs to be felled to make way for a long-awaited bypass in northern Taranaki.

It's feared a deal to get the Mt Messenger bypass built in North Taranaki could see more native forests bulldozed for new roads.

It's feared a deal to get the Mt Messenger bypass built in North Taranaki could see more native forests bulldozed for new roads.

It's feared a deal to get the Mt Messenger bypass built in North Taranaki could see more native forests bulldozed for new roads.

Despite ongoing legal action against the $280 million Mt Messenger Bypass project, construction is still pegged to begin in September 2022, Waka Kotahi has said.

Opponents of a $280 million roading project in Taranaki unsuccessfully attempted to stall their own appeal against the upgrade by accusing Waka Kotahi of perjury in relation to the Mt Messenger bypass.

Inflation and land purchases but not court appeals help push out cost of controversial bypass in North Taranaki.