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    Goodbye Otaki. I'm sorry, it's over.

    Look. We've been seeing each other for, well as long as I can remember. But I feel I have moved on. I cant see you anymore.

    Its not me, its you.

    Yes, I am seeing another road, but I think we can stay friends. Friends that don't see each other.
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    This thread is made better with Fairytale of New York playing.
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    Its a nice little spot.Its the bloody roundabout.I cant remember when it started but 30 minutes from Manakau to Otaki mostly stopped every holidy weekend was just ridiculous

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    Now you get to see Otaki's backside as you sneak by unnoticed. The train station looks nice though.

    Well overdue by-pass. What a time saver.
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    Pp2o

    I might be presumptuous but I wonder how long it will take before they close it temporarily to resurface it? They had to do it on the Kapiti expressway after a few months and on Transmission gully.

    If most people are taking the express ways, it does leave the scenic route clearer. I kinda like the charm of passing through the little towns.

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    At last! How many years has that taken?


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    You never used to pass through Otaki anyway, that was just the shops and gas stations. The real Otaki township is down Mill Road towards the coast
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoonicorn View Post
    I might be presumptuous but I wonder how long it will take before they close it temporarily to resurface it? They had to do it on the Kapiti expressway after a few months and on Transmission gully.

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    transmission gully, think your source is day drinking too much

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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post
    transmission gully, think your source is day drinking too much
    Nope, both Kapiti Expressway and TG required remedial work not long after opening

    https://cubic.co.nz/tag/kapiti-expressway/

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/130...surfacing-work
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    Quote Originally Posted by pete376403 View Post
    Nope, both Kapiti Expressway and TG required remedial work not long after opening

    https://cubic.co.nz/tag/kapiti-expressway/

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/130...surfacing-work
    he said resurface. They resealed most of not all of the outer lanes of the kapiti expressway, that's a re surface.

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    Still a good posse for a pie, piss, smoke and coffee before hitting the ferry. Now we just wait for saddle road bypass.... guess once they finish that the rimitakas will start getting makeover.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SaferRides View Post
    At last! How many years has that taken?
    Not as long as SH58/Haywards.... started 2017, not expected to finish until 2027

    Progress is at a snails pace..... 1km/yr for a 9km stretch of road while 'temporary' 50kmh reduced speed limits have been in place for the past 6 yrs
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrchips View Post
    Not as long as SH58/Haywards.... started 2017, not expected to finish until 2027

    Progress is at a snails pace..... 1km/yr for a 9km stretch of road while 'temporary' 50kmh reduced speed limits have been in place for the past 6 yrs
    We went over Haywards from Lower Hutt a few months ago. I understood it was meant to be completed at the same time as Transmission Gully?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrchips View Post
    Not as long as SH58/Haywards.... started 2017, not expected to finish until 2027

    Progress is at a snails pace..... 1km/yr for a 9km stretch of road while 'temporary' 50kmh reduced speed limits have been in place for the past 6 yrs
    All part of road to zero - eventually 100k will be a distant memory and new drivers will believe everything has always been 50.
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