Seal Kiwi Road, Wairoa Hawkes Bay
- by: Oha Manuel
- recipient: Anyone who cares.
SEAL KIWI ROAD
There is a need to seal Kiwi Road to prevent dust nuisance. The dust created by vehicles using the road drifts over the urupa, and the maunga precious to the Tangata Whenua, over the vegetation in the surrounding paddocks which makes it unsuitable to plant vegetable gardens, not good for the stock to eat the contaminated grass. The dust at times drifts as far as homes on state highway 2. This road is heavily used when cattle sales are on at the sale yards by sheep/cattle trucks, farmers, stock agents etc. It is often used as an alternate route to the main highway, Most of all the dust drifts over our urupa (cemetary) and our sacred Maunga. Letters have been sent to the local Wairoa District council over the years and nothing has been done to date. Added the following on 30 September 2016: -Seal with safety precautions in place e.g. judder bars (speed bumps) and a lower speed limit e.g. 50klm - 80klm speed zone.
Precautionary measures have been suggested by people from the Road both online and face to face, should the Road be sealed. Suggestions forthcomming are to have speed bumps (Judder Bars) put in place on either side of the corners we know to be dangerous if speeding, and before the railway crossing. Also to make it a 50klm speed zone area, or maybe 70klms? They are thinking of the safety of our young ones, because the seal may tempt them reach up to 100 or more klm per hour.
Vincent Kaimona and Oha Manuel
On Tuesday 8 November 2016, Vincent Kaimoana and I delivered to the Wairoa District Council forum the petition to support sealing Kiwi Road. The signatures totaled 683, if 5 are invalid then the total is 678. Vincent and I would like to thank you all very much for your overwhelming support by signing and commenting on the petition.
Kia ora ano
Vincent and Oha
Kia tupato koutou. Be careful and safe over the weekend everyone. We have just over 600 supporters and still climbing slowly but steady. We decided to leave the petitions going over the weekend. Have a good holiday.
Kia ora ano.
Oha.
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