Northland businesses are in for more than two months of disruption from Monday as repair work is carried out on a crucial link damaged during Cyclone Gabrielle last year.
Everyone Checkpoint spoke with agrees the work on the slip-prone section of State Highway 1 over the Brynderwyns is necessary.
But they're still bracing for a hit and in one case, closure.
Reporter Jimmy Ellingham and cameraman Nick Monro have the story.
