Letters to the editor: January 28City growth brings traffic chaosJohn Cousins' story "Clogged Up" (Benefits of $225m Tauranga roading project lost after 8 years) is pretty well on target. Tauranga's population is up 10 per cent and our traffic volumes by at least that figure, probably more. Well folks, that's still at least a couple of years away and in the meantime the Bayfair location has become intolerable. Not only will we reducing traffic congestion, but it will also help to alleviate childhood obesity. I'm afraid that the solutions are staring us in the face, but we're still stuck in car mode.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 29, 2017 02:00 UTC