Letters: Drugs and Ngongotahā congestion

Ngongotahā roundabout. Photo / Stephen Parker

Drugs are probably the biggest problem facing the world today.

Every country is facing the terrible dilemma of what to do with the thousands of drug users who are mostly homeless, unemployable, totally dependent and are creating such a problem that most big cities and towns can't cope.

The critical situation is caused by the greed of the drug dealers and the inability of the authorities to contain the influx of drugs into our communities.

Something has to be done. We have to learn how to toughen up against the dealers and the importers, the ones who create the problem.

We have to re-look at the penalties and the way the courts view these vicious people who care only for the vast sums of money they are able to make at the cost of human life and the tragedy that leaves affected families broken and devastated.

We have to get tougher with the perpetrators. The situation is already out of hand in many countries.

Jim Adams
Rotorua

Ngongotahā roundabout

I have to agree with Rod Peterson that safety standards are just going to increase congestion at the Ngongotahā roundabout.

If you can come up with a solution to the congestion you won't need extra safety barriers - killing two birds with one stone and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know what to do.

Just like the Te Ngae roundabout but on a bigger scale, put in a side lane so Ngongotahā traffic can go straight past the roundabout and merge with traffic from the north.

We could even put in safety barriers between the roundabout and the lane. Problem solved.

Gavin Muir
Springfield

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