Haruru residents fed up with 'hoons' call for lower speed limit
22 Jan, 2021 07:10 PM
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Lily Pond Lane residents calling for a lower speed limit and an answer to their dust woes, from left, Sylvia Watson, John Kennedy, Kaavin Rebourgeon, 12, Tamara Rebourgeon and Niki Cadenhead. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
Residents of a very short — but very busy — unsealed road in the Bay of Islands are calling for a lower speed limit before a child is hit by a "hooning" car.
Lily Pond
Lane, which is off Puketona Rd/State Highway 11 just west of Haruru, is only about 250m long but is heavily used in summer because it leads to a popular swimming hole in the Waitangi River.