Another council policy is to make road works drag on as long as possible so that even though Gympie is a remote town residents can find themselves stuck in traffic on a daily basis. If upgrading one intersection takes a year this cleverly gives the illusion that more money is actually being spent on roads in the area than actually is. As one gymporian noted to his other head, "I ain't mind is so much aiiii, it's not just thems fancy city folks whos get stuck in traffic, gympie's coming a long way aiii."