How much of a difference does Transmission Gully make when escaping the capital for Easter?

Can't view this email, [click here]( [The Dominion Banner]( 22 April 2022 Hi {NAME}, Catch up on the most popular Dominion Post stories you might have missed this week. [Large Article Image]( [How much of a difference does Transmission Gully make when escaping the capital for Easter?]( Reporter Kate Green and photographer Jericho Rock-Archer get behind the wheel to test whether Transmission Gully makes Easter weekend traffic any less hellish. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Large Article Image]( [Bleak pay and opportunities pushing young people overseas]( With the world opening up and the cost of living at home rising, many 20-somethings are setting out on their "Big OEs". [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Traffic still slow on Good Friday evening as Wellingtonians head north for Easter]( A Waikanae resident says the traffic has been the worst he's seen in a decade. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Wellington's Mahanga Bay occupiers say they are in it for the long haul]( “It could be a month. It could be five years,” says the leader of the Mahanga Bay occupation. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Man, 63, dies in water incident off Cape Palliser in Wairarapa]( A 63-year-old man is dead after the boat he was in tipped over off Cape Palliser in Wairarapa. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Greater Wellington moves into compulsory property acquisitions for $700m Hutt Valley RiverLink project]( Agreements with landowners have been reached on 105 of the 120 properties needed for Lower Hutt's biggest infrastructure project - with work expected to start in 2023. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Transmission Gully leaves old highway for dust, but not all motorists behaving]( Flat tyres and empty fuel tanks are common on the new motorway, but road crews also dealt with a boxed-up e-bike strewn across the road in bits. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Water being restored to northern Wellington after main bursts]( It was initially thought water at affected properties in Johnsonville, Churton Park, Paparangi and Broadmeadows could be off for up to five hours. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [The Dominion Post says: Wellington needs to change its thinking on cycleways]( EDITORIAL: Something about cycleways makes Wellingtonians very angry, and it needs to stop. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Forty tonnes of recycling diverted to landfill in Wellington]( Eighteen truckloads of paper, plastic, cans and bottles picked up from the kerb were dumped while services were impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( Stuff daily quiz Have you taken part in today's quiz? [See what it takes to reach the top of the leader board.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus]( [Unsubscribe]( [Newsletter Settings]( [Privacy Policy]( [Advertise]( [Feedback](