Hon Jo Luxton

Wow, look at gorgeous. Absolutely crucial, Jamie. And then we had that closure for weeks. during I think it was end of January the I think it was costing about eight million dollars a day for the area in GDP loss of GDP so it is crucial for us and now like you say those big organisations that employ lots of people in the area you know they need certainty to be able to get their produce through to Tauranga and in other areas so it is a real worry I did write to the minister in January asking for a briefing from NZTA with where things were at with it which I had in March and they are going to be doing some work to make it dare I say a bit more resilient I think everyone around the coast is a bit sick of hearing that word but make it somewhat more resilient but I am aware that the mayor and others have written to Minister Bishop asking that it be considered a road of national significance and I fully support that.