“This happens…people coming in from South Auckland get to Mount Albert right?…and the thing it's like, hopefully, we could divert some of that traffic and criminals away from Mount Albert…”

—  Melissa Lee

Lee steps into another controversy, Newstalk ZB and New Zealand Press Association, Television New Zealand, 14 May 2010, 2010-07-13 http://tvnz.co.nz/politics-news/lee-steps-into-another-controversy-2735404/video,
About the State Highway 20 Waterview Connection proposal
Mount Albert by-election campaign, 2009

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