Trucking industry leaders are backing calls of safety improvements to the narrow windy road on the eastern side of Lake Taupō.
A freight truck driver received moderate injuries after crashing and rolling his vehicle into the lake on Sunday morning closing the State Highway for than twenty-four hours.
In 2002, a pile of logs fell from a truck into the lake, and then in 2009, a driver was killed when a truck plunged 25 metres into the water.
Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand has previously criticised Waka Kotahi for focusing solely on reducing speeds, rather than maintaining the safety of roads.
The group's chief executive Nick Leggett spoke to Māni Dunlop.
