Mr. Peter Walsh:

There are 31 local roads authorities throughout the country. We deal with local authorities through the professional local authority staff, including the chief executives. The circumstances of local politics have to be dealt with by the local authority, from our perspective. We are not from that part of that country. We do not know the nuances of circumstances so we are very much guided by the local authority and the roads authority. We do not intend to be in any way difficult or hard to get at but if local authority elected representatives from 31 different local authorities deal directly with us, it would make the progression of projects, and the amount of time we have for them, very difficult. Our regional road management unit has a total of 15 people for the country. It is not really feasible. A number of elected representatives are very persuasive people. If we do not get somebody who is assessing the overall argument around a particular issue, then dealing with individuals could be counterproductive.