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 \u2013 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 \u014ctaki.<\/p>\n
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 \u2013 and it is solving problems for K\u0101piti residents travelling up and down the coast \u2013 it\u2019s no silver bullet. The problem is now further north from \u014ctaki to Levin, and once we fix that with expensive, new roads and then fix Levin to Palmerston North …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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