Thread: Bugger the rain

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

Here in Taranaki the closed one lane of the road between Inglewood and Tariki for a few months during summer. All of the traffic had to go round the back of Inglewood to Midhirst. So it was a major rebuild. That "brand new" road is chocka with major tyre/wheel busting potholes already! How the hell does that happen?

Majority of funding goes towards traffic management and consultancy fees, minority goes into actual roading materials.