Photo: Angela Thomas / The Wairoa Star
A North Island district council says its ratepayers can't afford to repair extensive damage logging trucks are causing to one of its key roads.
The RangitΔ«kei mayor said his council was spending around $3.5 million dollars on repairs to the country road between Taihape and Napier, also known as the Gentle Annie.
Dozens of trucks daily have been using the road to carry export logs from the central North Island to the Port of Napier.
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