Some flood isolated communites could be weeks away from being reconnected with temporary bridges still in the design phase.
The government has anounced three bailey bridges have already been built for locations - in Auckland, Te Puke and Wairoa.
But three more are to come with the east coast town of Tokomaru Bay and Hawke's Bay communities of Rissington, Pūtōrino and Tutira, on the waiting list.
Meanwhile signficant chunks of the network remain out of action.
Lisa Owen asks Transport Minister Michael Wood if we just need to completely rethink how to reconnect Aotearoa.
