Sent this:
This “Short Cut” has been long overdue for over 35 years. It was always on the cards that Porirua via Waitangarua/Whitby would grow. And that on the Petone side, this hill would get more utilized. Here is a golden opportunity to take some of the load of the Ngauranga Gorge blockages every morning as well as the Highway between the Petone foreshore and the Hutt Road turnoff at the base of Ngauranga. There are a lot of people that travel in either direction during the day and to have to travel via Wellington is a fuel consuming and time consuming nuisance. I live in Upper Hutt and have family in Porirua, I shop in the Hutt and Petone areas and this road would take 20 minutes off my travel time to Waitangarua where they live.