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Engineer Richard English describes the section of SH60 over Tākaka Hill is a lifeline. “There s no polite way of putting this,” English said. “It s a complete debacle, a farce, and it s an absolute embarrassment to the engineering profession.” He described that stretch of highway – the only road over the hill into and out of Golden Bay – as a lifeline. “It should have taken 18 months from go to whoa to get that job done,” said English, an engineer of 50 years’ experience. “Now we re nearly 3½ years into that job, and it s still not complete.” The Kaikōura earthquake, in November 2016, caused a “massive amount of damage” to State Highway 1. Within 3½ years of that natural disaster, not only had the road been rebuilt but parking areas and beautification work had been completed, English said.
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