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Hundreds of Pāpāmoa residents are fighting back against a council proposal that they help pay for their own road repairs.
Seven streets are set for roadworks in January, but because the streets are considered "low-volume", Tauranga City Council has opted for chipsealing, rather than asphalt.
After locals voiced their opposition to that idea, the Council came back with an offer: You want asphalt, you can pay the difference.
Dr Daniel van der Walt, senior lecturer in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Canterbury and Phillip Brown is the Chair of the Papamoa Residents and Ratepayers Association talk to Jesse.
Papamoa Residents and Ratepayers Association chair Philip Brown says residents living in a number of Papamoa roads do not think they need to be resealed at all. Photo: Supplied
