Roading bosses are "horrified" that a dangerous stretch of Marlborough highway has again been overlooked for funding, after they first requested the safety upgrades six years ago.
Weld Pass is a notoriously winding stretch of State Highway 1, through hills separating the Wairau and Awatere valleys.
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Over the last 20 years, there have been two fatal crashes and 15 serious crashes along Weld Pass, south of Blenheim.
But instead of putting the notorious stretch forward for its next round of funding, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) proposed the already completed Ōpaoa River Bridge, its "surprise" State Highway 6 and State Highway 62 roundabout, and improvements by Picton's new ferry terminal.