Stratford introduces forestry rate to pay for road repairs

From Morning Report, 7:42 am on 1 July 2022

A decision to introduce a targeted rate to help repair roads damaged by logging trucks is winning few friends in Taranaki.

Stratford District Council says the roads - some of which were designed for horse and cart - can't cope with 50 tonne trucks and forestry operators need to contribute to their upkeep, but critics say the council has had decades to fix them.

RNZ's Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.