The Northland Age

Nine years of what?

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I have to ask, how can we trust National MP Matt King?

His party was in power for nine years, and promised to widen 10 one-lane bridges. We are still waiting Matt. Also a super four-lane highway between Auckland and Whangarei. Still waiting Matt.

There was never any mention of investment into roading between Whangarei and Kaitaia, but increased tonnage on trucks, from 44 to 50 tonnes on rural roads in the Far North, without any improvemen­ts.

Perhaps Matt can provide the extra road user charges and the GST his government gained for the extra six-tonne gross weight paid going to the government, at the cost of road repairs, to the taxpayers.

Many roads in the Far North are being destroyed by logging trucks. They were good

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