Rimutaka Upgrade is on the way (apparently).

August 7, 2009 by
Filed under: Life in New Zealand 

Well – what do you know. Apparently we are going to get the next upgrade on the road starting anytime now. It will be a pain with the roadworks, but after the last lot of upgrades, and how much better it has made the journey into Wellington – I am personally more than happy to put with the delays for a few years to get a straighter road.

Just take a look at the plan!

rimutaka-road

Like what Avalon has to say?

Click Here to buy Avalon's Guide or Click Here to buy the E-Book

Related posts:

  1. Progress on the Rimutaka Hill Road.
  2. On the the other hand – Rimutaka Road ahead of schedule.
  3. Crash Barriers on the Rimutaka Road.
«
»

Tags: , , ,

Comments

5 Comments on Rimutaka Upgrade is on the way (apparently).

  1. Fran on Sat, 8th Aug 2009 1:30 pm

    2. Oh goodie – another fast road for Kiwi drivers to kill themselves on. Seriously it’s been about 50 years overdue!

  2. Moon Over Martinborough on Sat, 8th Aug 2009 4:17 pm

    3. This is great. I’m very happy they’re fixing it finally. This road was a huge hurdle for me in deciding to move out to the Wairarapa, because it scared the bejesus out of me! Read my post – Conquering the road that scared me.

    http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/04/30/conquering-the-road-that-scared-me/

  3. Avalon on Sat, 8th Aug 2009 9:48 pm

    4. I think even with this it will still be a barrier for a lot of people. And at the end of the day – its one that probably keeps house prices fairly low here.

    Oddly enough – the best thing for me personally is that staightening the road will actually stop me feeling so ick when we go over it. Most of the time ist fine – but just occasionally – It can make me feel quite nauseus :(

    It worries me a little that the main reason for the councils wanting this is to make the journey faster – rather than making it safer. A touch hipocritical of them I think. I know we dont need a faster journey – just an easier one!

  4. Hubby on Sun, 9th Aug 2009 7:29 pm

    5. Interestingly enough Google Earth still has an old photo showing what the road used to look like, before the lower part around Maymorn got straightened out.

  5. Hubby on Mon, 26th Oct 2009 12:58 pm

    6. And this is why they’re finally straightening out the road.

    http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2009/10/amazing_survival-2.html

Tell me what you're thinking...
and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar!