Road cone rage: 'It's bedlam, someone's going to get killed'

Security staff have been brought in to prevent verbal and physical abuse of road workers by a community increasingly frustrated at Tauranga’s traffic woes. Security staff were hired for the removal of a tree on State Highway 2, near Clarke Road, Te Puna on October 1. “Over time our contractor, Westlink, has noticed an increase in verbal and physical abuse aimed at traffic management staff,” said Brady. Tauranga’s Cameron Road project, which began early last year, is sending some business owners and residents “to the edge”. Someone’s going to get killed, and I have told council that.