As many Wellingtonians fled the city last week for an Easter break, they enjoyed the luxury of driving on the impressive new Transmission Gully motorway – to be followed by [sitting in a queue of traffic](https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/wellington/128369815/how-much-of-a-difference-does-transmission-gully-make-when-escaping-the-capital-for-easter), apparently up to 15km long at times, outside Ōtaki.
Although some hoped [Transmission Gull](https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/128366553/transmission-gully-leaves-old-highway-for-dust-but-not-all-motorists-behaving)y would solve our transport problems – and it is solving problems for Kāpiti residents travelling up and down the coast – it’s no silver bullet. The problem is now further north from Ōtaki to Levin, and once we fix that with expensive, new roads and then fix Levin to Palmerston North …
