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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: What is Christchurch City Council thinking with these so-called 'upgrades'?
Description: It's enough to make you want to put your head in your hands. When the whole country is trying to work out how we’re going to pay for building all those new roads and everything else that needs rebuilding up north because of Cyclone Gabrielle, there’s news today that more than $1 million is going to be spent on a stretch of Gloucester Street, in central Christchurch. And what’s more, once the so-called “upgrade” happens, it’s going to be trialled for 10 weeks and if the council decides 'nah, it doesn’t really work', all the...