David Nottage: Ruapehu District Councillor on the rubbish dumping along the Desert Road detour

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Feb 19, 2025 · 3m · transcript

There's frustration about rubbish dumping along the Desert Road detour.

State Highway 1 between Tūrangi and Waiōuru closed in mid-January for about two months of roadworks.

The detour, which runs through State Highways 41, 47, 4, and 49 has seen a noticeable rise in rubbish.

Ruapehu District Councillor David Nottage has been picking up the rubbish himself.

He told Andrew Dickens it's more than people throwing a few things out the window.

Nottage says it's hard to believe people are carrying that much around while they travel, so they may be taking advantage.

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