Road works on Rimutaka

**Bronson** · 11th October 2009, 07:23

Originally Posted by James Deuce

Given the way things go with roading projects, I'd say double that then add 50%.

So 9 years really.

Then leave the yellows AND drop the speed limit by 20%.

oops terminal button pressonitis. I think I'll go lay on the couch & get ready for bathurst.

**junkmanjoe** · 13th October 2009, 19:15

ok all, we have started to cut in to the hill, so jobs under way, things to watch out for..

me for starters,,as im driving the big yellow dump truck..and i get to drive up and down the road scaring old ladies in there little cars...

but also a fair bit of truck and trailer movement, and the road surface where we are working will get dirty..

today,i was so sure a chap riding a bike was going to crash in to the the yellow impact containers at the end of the concert blocks

..as he was looking at us and not the road......

well take care. lots of bikes up there to day..

JMJ

**James Deuce** · 14th October 2009, 07:39

Cheers dude, it's going to be awesome when it's finished.

**nico** · 15th October 2009, 09:01

mabie ACC put the signs there to completly ruin any fun

**junkmanjoe** · 15th October 2009, 20:43

Originally Posted by James Deuce

Cheers dude, it's going to be awesome when it's finished.

the big bosses showed us a computer model of the new road... like a 3d version of it...
mate, its going to be fast section of road..
just wicked the amount of rock to move..

oh well..
road is dirty now, so it could be a little slippy on the in side of the tight corner before the summit car park, on the hut side.
ive done my best to sweep it, but not able to get every single stone..

ride safe.

JMJ

**StoneY** · 15th October 2009, 20:46

Originally Posted by James Deuce

There's always one slow kid.

Yeah...there sure is......

Ummmm...what were we talkin about again?

MD · 26th May 2012, 18:49

Can't believe the road works have been finished for about 2 weeks and no one has commented on here about the completed GP track quality ?

Actually I haven't had a chance to sample it since the go slow signs came down. Wanted to this afternoon but stuff got in the way. Stuff happens doesn' it. A friend went over last week in his car and said it was awesome. And we feared it would be STRAIGHT!

Even crawling through the 30 kph section the previous weeks, make that months, I couldn't help but think..ah, this shows promise.

So. Who has had the chance to RIDE the new 'straightened' section. If that's what they call straight, then a few queers will come out of the closet over this.

**GrayWolf** · 27th May 2012, 11:30

Originally Posted by MD

Can't believe the road works have been finished for about 2 weeks and no one has commented on here about the completed GP track quality ?

Actually I haven't had a chance to sample it since the go slow signs came down. Wanted to this afternoon but stuff got in the way. Stuff happens doesn' it. A friend went over last week in his car and said it was awesome. And we feared it would be STRAIGHT!

Even crawling through the 30 kph section the previous weeks, make that months, I couldn't help but think..ah, this shows promise.

So. Who has had the chance to RIDE the new 'straightened' section. If that's what they call straight, then a few queers will come out of the closet over this.

Rode it last weekend..... Oh yehhhhhhhh!!!!! The MT loved it, I could tell!!!

MD · 27th May 2012, 11:35

Ok, not a popular subject on here or no one around Wgtn rides much these days.

So I shot up this morning and got home the second the rain started. Surprisingly warm day but the winds picked up on the hill but hardly any traffic! That was FUN.

So the new section is ... abso-bloodly-lutely fantastic.
I can see this becoming riders favourite section. Wide with plenty of run off shoulder in places- for those oops moments maybe. Perfect smooth hotmix and pretty good visibilty through the bends. Possibly more camber could have been applied but lets not be picky.

**xxcbr69xx** · 27th May 2012, 11:40

Originally Posted by MD

Ok, not a popular subject on here or no one around Wgtn rides much these days.

So I shot up this morning and got home the second the rain started. Surprisingly warm day but the winds picked up on the hill but hardly any traffic! That was FUN.

So the new section is ... abso-bloodly-lutely fantastic.
I can see this becoming riders favourite section. Wide with plenty of run off shoulder in places- for those oops moments maybe. Perfect smooth hotmix and pretty good visibilty through the bends. Possibly more camber could have been applied but lets not be picky.

Yep it's pretty good, just gotta watch the wind (northerly). If only they'd hotmix the rest of the hill now!

**carbonhed** · 27th May 2012, 15:59

I thought it looked really promising. So all the speed restrictions are off and we're back to 100kph?

**nadroj** · 27th May 2012, 17:58

I buzzed over both ways on friday in the cage & also took a detour thru the Moonshine for old times sake. The Rimutaka's were great but the Moonshine is still a goat track although now sealed!

**caspernz** · 2nd June 2012, 20:45

Oh yeah, the Rimu Hill is better than ever...the roadworks are all done as mentioned by previous posters, and most of the road surface across is now nice smooth asphalt. It just shows up the bumpy old sections more now...