PHOTO: NZTA – Animation of proposed Manawatū Gorge replacement route.
A virtual flight over the proposed new State Highway 3 replacement for the Manawatū Gorge route has been released, and Palmerston North mayor Grant Smith is one of its fans.
But he said the name – Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū Gorge Replacement Route Project – had been chosen without consultation, and did not reflect the significance of the new road.
Smith said the new east-west expressway – much of it with four lanes – was nationally important, not just some sort of Plan B to deal with the gorge closure.
“We will be pushing back strongly about that.”
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