Newsletter #23 - 23 February 2017 The past week has been one of more questions than answers. Winston Peters has been busy asking the tough questions about Hill Street, the NZTA has revealed details about the Warkworth to Wellsford Road of National Significance, and it is revealed that corruption within Auckland Transport went further than just the two jailed this week. PROTEST The second of our monthly protests is next Wednesday on the 1st of March, between 7-9am. It kicks of

Newsletter #22 - 16 February 2017 The past week has produced some interesting meetings between elected officials and non-elected officials. Non-elected officials have released their visions while elected officials are kept in the dark. MOVING ON While Hill Street traffic wasn’t going anywhere, the New Zealand Transport Agency released the “Indicative Route” and “Shortlisted Routes” for the Warkworth to Wellsford stage of their Road of National Significance. The Indicative Rou

Newsletter #21 - 9 February 2017 There’s a lot of movement today after Monday came to a grinding halt. GRIDLOCK We’ve been asking around to determine whether Waitangi Day’s 13-hour traffic jam at the Hill Street intersection was the worst ever. The queues started to build just before 10am and lasted until 11pm. Let’s remember that there weren’t any accidents, poor weather, or any other factors causing the gridlock. The 60-100-minute waiting times were purely the double bottle

Newsletter #20 - 2 February 2017 The Hill Street intersection is gaining more interest in the media over the past week. The Herald, Mahurangi Matters and Rodney Times ran articles. Mediaworks and LMLive covered our protest. The news coverage in the past week has got us thinking. COURTESY There is empirical evidence that summer congestion in Warkworth is much worse than last year. Resident Lynne McNeill said she almost felt like a prisoner in her own town because of the traffi

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To view the original article please click here. Warkworth's Hill Street Intersection continues to be under pressure. Summer is in full swing, and traffic at Warkworth's Hill Street intersection continues to build up. Added to the extra holiday traffic are construction vehicles, used to build the Puhoi to Warkworth motorway. Rodney Ward Councillor Greg Sayers has raised an issue around whether construction vehicles are using the intersection "illegally" during peak hours. "NZT