As a lifetime resident of Katikati, I'm as excited as anyone to hear the bypass is back on the agenda.

But we must keep up the pressure. The street parties and photo opportunities are all very well, but let's wait for reality. Yeah right!

The coming details to be announced after the General Election, to thinking people, lacks some credibility timewise.

I am told that the funding will mean another budget application.

No one I have asked can give me a timeframe - the earliest I have heard is five years but no guarantee of that.

Let's forget the political ego stuff, and get down to facts.

It is essential that we all pull together and exert strong political pressure on respective central government politicians leading up to the upcoming General Election.

We badly need a bypass now, not in a few years' time! But if my generation are ever going to drive on it, we have to get smarter and politically active and demand a timeframe before September elections. This is crucial. To do otherwise is to linger in dream time. Come on Katikati - you can do it.

Norm Mayo, Katikati.