After opposing climate action for decades, Federated Farmers wants the govt to foot the bill for storm-damaged roads to their farms (www.rnz.co.nz)

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[-] dfi@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not throwing shade here, but i don't know a single person (farmer or not) in a disaster situation that would not want the government to fix the roads, maybe a road is not fixable... but if i had a apartment, house, cottage, batch, farm at the end of a road i would like the council/government to fix the road to my place, if they couldn't that would be a big deal and i would be unhappy. The individuals affected by this may have supported or opposed climate action, it doesn't change their current situation that they are still in.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 week ago

My understanding is the government needs to pay some pretty serious compensation if they permanently abandon a road, it was part of the reason the road to Otaki forks got repaired. They would have had to buy all the properties the road previously serviced.

[-] rimu@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

There are many thousands of people affected by the damage to that road and I'd rather hear from any of them before hearing from the group that contributed to causing that damage.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago

Their business model relies on being able to have bulk amounts of product taken from their property to their customers, of course they're going to have something to say.

I'm genuinely baffled as to how you think the world works.