Te Puke kiwifruit growers fear for crop due delay of temporary bridge
A bridge over Raparapahoe Stream on No 4 Road washed out on January 29 after severe weather, affecting the 30 properties above it.
Initially, the Western Bay of Plenty District Council said a temporary Bailey bridge would be in place on February 9.
Now, the portable truss bridge is around six weeks away – something those with kiwifruit orchards find “stressful”
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