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Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:48a.m.

Concerns have been raised from schools and homeowners close to the proposed route

Concerns have been raised from schools and homeowners close to the proposed route

Protesters will clash with Prime Minister John Key north of Wellington this morning over a controversial roads project.

Opponents say the proposed Kapiti Expressway, extending from MacKay's Crossing in the south to Otaki in the north, will tear local communities apart.

Concerns have been raised from schools and homeowners close to the proposed route, as well as local iwi, who fear it may be built over a tapu burial ground.

Spokesman for Save Kapiti Jonathan Gradwell says people are outraged, particularly in the picturesque town of Waikanae.

"Waikanae is going to be effectively split into three," he says. "The Kapiti Coast is a pretty narrow coastal strip is only four to five kilometres wide. It's already got  a road and rail corridor through it, and now it's going to have a second.

"The community is going to be divided in three."

Mr Key is visiting the area to meet with local MP Nathan Guy, and protesters will confront him at Waikanae train station today.

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25 Aug 2011 09:34a.m.

kapiti_coaster wrote:

@ Jeremy Well guess what. The current SH1 is soon to become a local road. Therefore that part of town will become a “nice quiet” neighbourhood. SO best to buy property on that side of town if don’t want too much noise. I have looked at the proposed path of the expressway, its really not that bad. Most of it goes through vacant land where there is nothing but swamp and mostly gorse.

24 Aug 2011 03:49p.m.

jeremy wrote:

Why can't we get the facts straight? Dear Kapiti Coaster, the facts are that both sides, for and against the western expressway route, want improved roads. The difference is one wants them threw were they already are, SH1, and the others want them west, where there nice quite neighborhoods soon to be destroyed.

24 Aug 2011 03:49p.m.

jeremy wrote:

Why can't we get the facts straight? Dear Kapiti Coaster, the facts are that both sides, for and against the western expressway route, want improved roads. The difference is one wants them threw were they already are, SH1, and the others want them west, where there nice quite neighborhoods soon to be destroyed.

24 Aug 2011 10:26a.m.

Kapiti_Coaster wrote:

I live in Waikanae and am sick and tired of the bad traffic situation. The Kapiti Coast desperately needs these new roads. Finally we have a government that is investing in some good infrastructure. A total of about 3people turned up for the protest. Give it up people. Your unpopular protest is proof that the majority of the people in Kapiti are wanting the expressway.