Wellington.Scoop
Delays for northbound traffic leaving Wellington on State Highway 1 began at 11.20 this morning.
The NZ Transport Agency said there were queues back to Plimmerton and traffic was building between Pukerua Bay and Paekākāriki.
However by 3pm the congestion was reducing, with queues between Pukerua Bay and Paekākāriki.
And by 3.45, traffic was flowing freely.
Wellington.Scoop – 24 December
The NZ Transport Agency reported what it called “major” northbound delays on State Highway 1 between Waikanae Beach and Ōtaki this morning. It said queues were growing at Te Horo and Peka Peka. The delays were not expected to ease until 8pm tonight.
Holiday exodus out of Wellington: Traffic remains heavy with significant delays across region
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Delays on SH1 out of Wellington not expected to ease until 8pm
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GrahamCA, 23. December 2020, 19:01
Be even worse next year when traffic bypasses Pukerua Bay therefore reaching the “expressway” even sooner!
TrevorH, 23. December 2020, 19:31
@ Graham CA: the jam begins where the Expressway ends currently. Our 1950s roads cannot cope with a population more than double the size of that time. Immigration of more than 1 million people since 2000 and a lack of investment in infrastructure produce this result.
greenwelly, 23. December 2020, 20:29
@Trevor H. The growth in population over the last 20 years has been over 50% natural (600K). Between 2000 and 2019, net inward migration was only 470,000.
IanS, 24. December 2020, 9:27
Passenger trains Wellington to Auckland on only 3 days per week remains an outrage. Even one train per day each way would be a significant improvement (but not acceptable of course). Surely this can be fixed instantly by ‘decree’ (with