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$150,000 spent to set up the hotline to report supposedly gratuitous
use of road cones; it ended up fielding a total of 800 calls over the
six months in was in operation, which resulted in the removal of just
200 cones <https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360915577/governments-road-cone-hotline-close>.

So that was over $180 spent per call, or a cost of $750 for removing
each rCLunnecessaryrCY cone.

It would have been cheaper to leave those cones in place.
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On 2025-12-17 00:37:09 +0000, Lawrence D-|Oliveiro said:

$150,000 spent to set up the hotline to report supposedly gratuitous
use of road cones; it ended up fielding a total of 800 calls over the
six months in was in operation, which resulted in the removal of just
200 cones <https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360915577/governments-road-cone-hotline-close>.

So that was over $180 spent per call, or a cost of $750 for removing
each rCLunnecessaryrCY cone.

It would have been cheaper to leave those cones in place.

It was always going to be just another example of government stupidity
and money-wasting idiocy. :-\

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On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:23:27 +1300, Your Name wrote:

On 2025-12-17 00:37:09 +0000, Lawrence D-|Oliveiro said:

It would have been cheaper to leave those cones in place.

It was always going to be just another example of government stupidity
and money-wasting idiocy. :-\

It was yet another one of ACTrCOs populist exercises, supposedly to save taxpayer money, donrCOt you know ...
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