Let cyclists have roads and drivers the cycleways

I NEVER in my wildest dreams thought that I would be driving in New Zealand on Third World roads.

We are now paying huge road taxes through inflated fuel prices — so why are our roads in such a shocking state?

Take a drive down Gordon Rd down past Countdown and observe the condition of the seal — and this is a state highway!

Try driving south towards Allanton and try to avoid the broken seal on the left lane in the overtaking section, not to mention the state of the Southern Motorway between Burnside and Mosgiel.

The local roading contractors and the roading consultant should be sacked. It’s a disgrace.

The Dunedin City Council is no better. Mayor Cull and his band of lycrawearing buddies seem to find money for beautifully sealed cycleways, but the roads, paid for by the fuel taxes of trucking companies and car users, are a patched and potholed mess.

Maybe we should give all the roads to the lycra brigade and us evil, petroldriven, individuals will drive on the nice smooth asphalt cycle lanes?

It’s time this council was given its marching orders.

Neville Williamson

Mosgiel

Prenuptial agreements

THE article about the marriage contract contained interesting opinion but it is important that readers are aware that it referred to the law in England and Wales, and not in New Zealand (ODT, 9.10.18).

Importantly, prenuptial agreements are legally binding in New Zealand, provided they are correctly certified by independent lawyers.

Anyone entering into a relationship (marriage or de facto) should give careful consideration to entering into a prenup as an insurance policy for the future.

Some may think it unromantic to discuss their future financial intentions, but it pays to remember that all relationships end eventually — either by separation or death.

Rochelle Crossman Family law barrister, Dunedin

Peters in Pike mine?

WHEN it was first announced that the Pike River mine would be eventually reentered, the now Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters announced publicly he would be one of the first to enter.

Now that this reentry appears to be nearing completion, will Mr Peters restate his intention to be one of the first to enter, or was his original announcement just another figment of his imagination?

R. Bennett

Mosgiel