It may be cheaper and practicle to shift the railway line and run a 2or3 lane mercer highway in its place. The rail takes up less width and could be on stilts in some places. The highway would have a free run into Welly.

What's the panic about Waikanae? SH1 through the town is already four lanes. Cross the road at the lights, ask yourself "how many lanes was that?" Answer FOUR. How many Waikanae houses get destroyed if the TWO LANE WLR is build - NONE. How many times per year does SH1 get “blocked” eight – all public holidays. NZTA’s “traffic predictions are all guesswork not facts and they ignore the “peek oil” issues. Is it really obvious which solution we need. Demand a local road with a local bridge over the river. The alternative four lane expressway would put a junction as big as McKays over the river and another one over Te Moana Road. One more point, twelve minutes that’s all the four lane expressway would save the trucks, nearly a billion dollars of our taxes for twelve minutes.

jeez louise, why don't kiwis simply take back government, march, protest, block the highway, action speaks louder than words. we have become a nation of wimps. i bet there would be action if it pertained to a rugby stadium. G O Y B F W A's & D Something!

Option One is the cheapest option, it can be built without compromising SH1's flows, it won't squeeze traffic through Waikanae which can't cope as it is and will affect less people that Option Two. We're going to get one of them so fill in those forms and give them direction.

I would like to say to everyone in Kapiti. Please have your say through the submission form. Don’t listen to those telling you to throw them away or use them as a coaster. This is your opportunity to have a voice without having to attend meetings which no doubt will be overtaken by people who do not like these concepts. The government has come up with what I think are 2 reasonable concepts. Both offer what the community has been asking for, a second bridge over the Waikanae River and a local link road between Waikanae and Paraparaumu.

Option 2. Put and end to the feasting frenzy. Too many have been advancing their own political careers: gaming and holding-out in opposition at a cost to other interests that are not their own - at a considerable burden to paying ratepayers and taxpayers for far too long. Just get on with it please Minister - option 2. Let's r, please?

How can this be happening in such a new subdivision? My parents have just moved into a brand new house in the last 7 months. These plans have come out of left field and have left my elderly parents feeling insecure and uncertain about their future in the area. They are meant to be relaxing and enjoying their new house in peace and quiet. Very disappointed with this development.

Since coming to kapiti Coast 14 years ago I have heard about the Western Link Rd. Just as the Council and locals get the Link Road the way we want it, the government shifts the goal posts. I feel betrayed. Locals dont want a huge new road nor do we want our properties destroyed for the almighty trucks that thunder through. The Link Road would take nearly all the local traffic off SH1. Not to mention climate change, sustainability and likely rising petrol and diesel costs.

Being a member of a family who is going to most likely lose their home through this mad scheme whichever option is chosen I am going to be a bit biased. However it seems utterly idiotic to bulldoze dozens new and established homes when ALL the land for the Western Link Road from way back at Poplar Avenue onwards has already been put aside and is without any peoples homes (have a look at a Google map of the area).

So, why not an option 3 to branch off from SH1 much earlier, use the whole Western Link Road corridor, and save everyone a lot of heartache and, probably, a whole load of hard-earned taxpayers and voters money. Come on guys.

It is unfortunate that the local council could not have been a little more active. They have had a lot of time, yet there has been little more than posturing and hollow promises. They have let the local community down yet again through their indecisiveness and inactivity. It seems central Govt, can no longer wait for KCDC and has decided to move with out it.

I think it vital that all options are tabled, (made public) to enable those who may be impacted by the roading plan to make informed decisions as to relocation and potentially compensation. The article above may devalue the land and homes impacted and given the apparent lack of consultation in this case those who are potentially impacted may have limited options.