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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: More of the same is not what our roads need
Description: On first blush, National’s new pothole policy could be seen as a good thing. Essentially, what it wants to do if it forms the next government, is set-up a special Pothole Repair Fund and cut the pothole response rate from 48 hours to 24 hours. Which I never knew existed - but it does, apparently. It would be a $500 million fund and National says it would pay for it by stopping the speed limit changes, cutting back on speed bump installations, and dumping the Road to Zero campaign. So you look at that and yo...