Businesses in the Auckland suburb of Devonport say they are gutted long-awaited upgrades to the grid-locked main road are on the chopping block now the regional fuel tax is going.
Lake Road is the one road into the peninsula and the planned improvements would have shaved 12 minutes off the commute to and from Takapuna.
But the project is among 14 that are now being whittled down to just three when the fuel tax ends in July scrapping $600 million in funding.
Amy Williams reports.
