1186 days ago

Poll: "traffic control", or "the cone people"

Peter from Kamo

They seem to put lots of cones out, needed or not. I've seen them cone kilometers of Kamo bypass when there was one small truck parked there and one guy working 20m off the road, cutting scrub. I've seen them several times drive down the highway at 20-30 km/h while they are not working, no road works near by, but flashing their lights and collecting kilometer long queues; both north and south of Whangarei. I've seen them putting 3 stop and go guys on an intersection that normally works just fine with 80km/h traffic flowing both ways on the highway, after they had closed the road to single lane, 50km/h, one direction only and the work was under way hundreds of meters away.

"traffic control", or "the cone people"
  • 7.2% they are just taking the mickey
    7.2% Complete
  • 39.1% it's a rort on public funds
    39.1% Complete
  • 30.4% we need someone to supervise them
    30.4% Complete
  • 23.2% they are doing a wonderful, responsible job
    23.2% Complete
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