Motorway Moonshine Bridge Underpass to Moonshine Rd.

Paul from Trentham

Here's some food for thought. When we first moved to Trentham in 2003, it was possible to turn into Moonshine Road, as you come off the Hutt River-Moonshine bridge from the north bound lane of the motorway, until they put up the barrier in the middle of the motorway, because it was so dangerous crossing over the high velocity traffic flow of the south bound lane, to access entry into Moonshine Road.
But, if you take a walk under the eastern side of the Hutt River-Moonshine motorway bridge, you'll find only 2 or 3 low fences that block the route under the bridge, that could easily be removed and the route converted into an underpass, so that when you come off the Hutt River-Moonshine bridge from the north bound lane of the motorway, you would then move left into a slow-down lane that would next double back under the motorway bridge, and up onto Moonshine Road, thereby restoring the faster motorway travel we once all had ! The only thing that might be an obstacle is if there is less than 4.3 metres of clearance for trucks etc, but that could be overcome by either lowering the road slightly or else, you have a warning sign, and a warning portal, where any too high vehicle that passes through it, activates an alarm to tell it to turn around and use another route; eg Whakatiki St.
The underpass may be subject to flooding, but that is no different to the Pharazyn St/Melling bridge underpass in Lower Hutt, and we have some good concrete available these days !