Hill Street upgrade on back-burner, again

The woes of fixing Hill Street may not be over yet.

The long-awaited Hill Street intersection upgrade in Warkworth will be one of the casualties of the government’s decision to cancel the Regional Fuel Tax (RFT) on July 1.

In an exclusive interview with Mahurangi Matters on February 9, Mayor Wayne Brown said it was likely that Hill Street would be on the list of projects affected. This was later confirmed by the mayor’s office.

One Mahurangi co-chair Dave Stott said that in light of the fuel tax decision, he thought the chances of Hill Street proceeding were “pretty slim”.

“But I ...

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