24 Jul 2024

Around the motu : Diane McCarthy in Whakatane

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 24 July 2024

A 1.6 km stretch of road designed to handle 150-tonne logging trucks has opened in Kawerau, the result of $1.62 million in Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) funding, and $785,000 co-investment from Kawerau-based Sequal Lumber Ltd.

It is expected to remove big trucks from local roads and provide efficient connectivity between the Putauaki Industrial Park and a planned container rail terminal. 

There have been four forestry deaths this year.

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