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"Bloody minded road vandalism." That's how many residents in Papamoa have reacted to news their previously asphalted roads are going to be resurfaced in chip seal.
Residents said they would rather their streets had no resealing work and were left as they were.
However, Tauranga City Council said roads were only scheduled for resealing if they were showing early signs of surface deterioration and leaving a road to deteriorate further would result in higher costs.
In October RNZ reported on the surprise many residents had when their roads were resealed with a different surface and a general public preference for asphalt.
Papamoa Residents and Ratepayers Association chair Philip Brown said residents of Santa Monica Drive, Mont
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