Whinging Wellington commuters

**Dschubba** · 4th October 2010, 09:12

Is anyone else bitching about the tar sealing strips across the motorway for about a km each way from the Aotea off/on ramps.

Their width is about the length of a kawhai with about the same friction coefficient (as a kawhai) when its whet.

Also another area thats got me twice, is the fat tar snake in the middle of the road exiting the Mt Vic tunnel heading to the airport.

**Clockwork** · 4th October 2010, 09:46

Yep, its been noted on this forum, I believe its also been mentioned to TPTB but I doubt anything will come of it.

It's tolerable (the motorway expansion joints) if your just riding but I hope I never have to cross one of those things in the wet while breaking hard.

**JohnJumper** · 4th October 2010, 10:43

Originally Posted by Dschubba

Is anyone else bitching about the tar sealing strips across the motorway for about a km each way from the Aotea off/on ramps.

Their width is about the length of a kawhai with about the same friction coefficient (as a kawhai) when its whet.

Also another area thats got me twice, is the fat tar snake in the middle of the road exiting the Mt Vic tunnel heading to the airport.

Haven't been a part of the tar snake, is it before or after the intersection where people head into the tunnel?

**Mom** · 4th October 2010, 10:46

Originally Posted by Dschubba

Is anyone else bitching about the tar sealing strips across the motorway for about a km each way from the Aotea off/on ramps.

Their width is about the length of a kawhai with about the same friction coefficient (as a kawhai) when its whet.

Also another area thats got me twice, is the fat tar snake in the middle of the road exiting the Mt Vic tunnel heading to the airport.

Originally Posted by Clockwork

Yep, its been noted on this forum, I believe its also been mentioned to TPTB but I doubt anything will come of it.

It's tolerable (the motorway expansion joints) if your just riding but I hope I never have to cross one of those things in the wet while breaking hard.

Get active and report it. DO IT officially.

http://www.mag-nz.org/campaigns/report-a-road

**Hawkeye** · 4th October 2010, 11:05

What about that abismal roadworks along Aotea between the train station and the motorway. It's like riding tram tracks.

**jimbo_on_travels** · 4th October 2010, 18:02

Its an absolute shocker.. I have to do the communt everyday along there - it also doesn't help when you have all the BNZ staff crossing the road in the rush hour like a bunch of suicidal lemmings.

**Dschubba** · 4th October 2010, 20:00

Originally Posted by JohnJumper

Haven't been a part of the tar snake, is it before or after the intersection where people head into the tunnel?

Just when you start to lean turning right, so sortve during the intersection

**Kendog** · 4th October 2010, 21:28

Originally Posted by jimbo_on_travels

it also doesn't help when you have all the BNZ staff crossing the road in the rush hour like a bunch of suicidal lemmings.

Funny, a notice was posted asking people to stop doing that, ACC were not impressed apparently. Hasn't stopped anyone

**Dschubba** · 19th October 2010, 12:53

Wrote in to council re the tar snakes (report got forwarded to LTNZ) and wrote to LTNZ (info@ltnz.govt.nz) re the tar strips on the motorway near aotea off and onn ramps.

Got given a number

wait and see if anything happens.

The motorway strips in the wet are awful, front wheel slips a couple of cm over the ones on the corner. At least we coming out of the rain season~