The Daily Blog Open Mic – 28th August 2023
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Words and music – Here we go again…
[Labour] can weave a spell
Want it to last forever
Making me feel like someone special
Can’t carry on this way
Before it gets too late
Doing damage to my brain
Well here we go again…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMIoWTHEMxg
CROWDED HOUSE – Can’t Carry On (Lyric Video)
Why are prices high and what’s behind them?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/496752/business-profits-contributed-significantly-to-recent-rising-costs-study-finds
2021 https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/441743/truckers-at-risk-crossing-mt-ruapehu-bridge-with-severe-defects
Sept 21 https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/300410985/funding-confirmed-for-replacement-of-vital-ohakune-bridge
“In the case of the Mangateitei Rd bridge these are significant as it is the only option for the local growers, farmers and forestry who rely on it, and supply produce nationwide and for export, including an estimated 20 per cent of New Zealand’s carrots and potatoes.”
The council budgeted $1.2 million, 26 per cent, for its local share contribution towards the $4.6m replacement cost for the bridges in the latest 2021-31 Long-Term Plan and with confirmation of the transport agency’s investment it will move as quickly as possible to get the projects underway.
Because the Mangateitei Rd bridge does not have an alternative route, except over private property, this will be the priority bridge for replacement.
Done – closed November 2022 for work and new open Aug.11/2023.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/ruapehu-road-bridge-set-to-re-open-in-ohakune/QIJFFWCZINCXPJRBKRSV62RVAQ/
Some good news. Practical spending where needed. Perhaps it would be better to find more money for second bridge and not have instead an extra railway crossing, which seems to be a silly idea when there has been planning work done – go ahead with the better scheme – go overhead.