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The Waikato Chamber of Commerce says simply cutting speed limits is a “wet band aid on a gaping wound.” Waka Kotahi is reducing the limit on State Highway 1 between Cambridge and Piarere to 80 kilometres and bringing in other safety measures like median barriers and rumble strips. The area's been a crash hot spot. Chamber CEO Don Good told Heather du Plessis Allan that the only rational solution is to build the Expressway extension to Piarere now. He says they need to understand taking 10 years is way too long. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.