60 percent of bypass budget spent without a kilometre finished
The $280m project still doesn't have a complete section of road but NZTA says it's done the prep work.
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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.