There's been a positive response from the NZ Transport Agency to trucking industry calls for more urgency on repairs to two key state highways in the Whanganui and South Taranaki districts.
A NZTA representative travelled the Parapara highway SH4 between Whanganui and Raetihi in a McCarthy Transport vehicle. Along for the ride were a representative from the AA in Whanganui and Tom Cloke, Road Transport Association area manager.
Mr Cloke said the trip was a chance for the NZTA to see the problems first-hand, "especially the frustrations transport operators have when negotiating the route."
As well as the drop-outs on SH4, a major drop-out on SH3 south of Hawera was a trouble spot.
Mr Cloke said it was almost 12 months since the June storms hammered Whanganui and South Taranaki, but repairs to these two major routes were at a virtual standstill.