Goodbye Rimutakas as we know it now?

**Hitcher** · 12th February 2009, 10:53

Originally Posted by Trudes

I thought men liked tunnels, any hole is a goal, isn't that right?

Wrong thread, Trudes...

**Sully60** · 12th February 2009, 11:05

Originally Posted by Finn

Without the Rimutakas, what would be the point of Wellington?

Point Jernigham
Moa Point
Ohau Point

To name but a few. It's quite a pointy place.

**MaxB** · 12th February 2009, 11:06

I cannot remember a trip (and there have been heaps) where there wasn't a retard cage driver on my side of the road at some point over the Rimutakas. Most cage drivers (and some bikes sad to say) do not have the basic skill levels to get over the top safely.

I love that road but anything that makes it a bit safer is a good thing IMHO.

**Lonebull** · 12th February 2009, 11:12

Originally Posted by bungbung

MAJOR TRANSPORT PROJECTS

The government will spend $142.5 million on accelerating state highway projects and boosting road maintenance and renewal work.

Five large projects will be brought forward, with construction of four of them to begin this year.

Major transport projects:

* Muldoon's Corner (Rimutaka Rd), Wellington, $20 million total cost, brought forward 28 months.

Look at the attached picture the yellow lines are the proposed new section

Damn that sux, I love that hill. Trashed by the bloody box dwellers again.

**Sully60** · 12th February 2009, 11:17

Personally I would'nt miss the section from Muldoons to the top, it's a 'nothing' piece of that road. I'm disappointed that it looks like it comes back a bit further west though, there's quite a cool wheelie hump just before the left hand MX berm corner (like that one too but it leads directly to muldoons) It takes commitment but it makes for a nice loft, and a nice show if the fence sitting punters are watching.

**Stormer** · 12th February 2009, 15:56

As long as the road is done in nice smooth hotmix and not that bloody coarse-chip-shit that they seem to be doing on all the Wairarapa road "repairs."

**Crasherfromwayback** · 12th February 2009, 16:02

Those mods look pretty good!

**Weaver** · 12th February 2009, 17:31

Is Muldoons corner that section very close to the top on the Upper Hutt side? The bit that has what looks like a Toby in the middle of the upward lane?

**James Deuce** · 12th February 2009, 17:32

It's a good thing. I've met bull bars at head height on the worst of those 3 corners, well on my side of the road.

Counter steering hard toward a vertical drop isn't the best for your composure.

**Madness** · 12th February 2009, 17:47

Looks like I'm riding to Welly some time before October then.

**wilber** · 12th February 2009, 17:47

Looks ok will take out the worst bit of road so has to be better , works going to start in october so the paper said .

**DingoZ** · 12th February 2009, 18:06

Anything that is going to make it safer for ALL road users has got to be a good thing....

**roadracingoldfart** · 12th February 2009, 20:12

Originally Posted by Trudes

I thought men liked tunnels, any hole is a goal, isn't that right?

Funny that you dont see the pattern till its pointed out to you aye .

**koba** · 12th February 2009, 20:22

They managed a railway tunnel all that time ago.
It would be nice, expensive and labour intensive, just what Mr Key is looking for.
The road then would probably fall into disrepair tho.