Later this year, motorists travelling over Mt Messenger on State Highway 3 in Taranaki could get a fleeting glimpse of 20-tonne digger seemingly flying through mid-air.
Waka Kotahi is about to build a one kilometre cableway at the summit to transport workers, material and heavy equipment into the centre of its Mt Messenger Bypass site.
Tony Pascoe says the Mt Messenger bypass project will be damaging to wildlife and the valley, and ruin wetlands at Mangapēpeke Valley. Photo: RNZ / Robin Martin
Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.
