Letter
Dreamworld
Re: Road users pay for our roads, Oct 29 column.

Craig, if you choose not to believe that roads in New Zealand do not make a profit, then so be it. But the fact is, they do not. They rely on taxpayers and ratepayers throughout New Zealand to subsidise them and the road freight industry has a huge subsidy for their businesses.

Facts are facts. Live in your dream world if you want.

Rail deserves a fair go. Gisborne businesses and the community deserve a rail option for now and the future.

JON REEVES, Birkenhead

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