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The name Kāpiti Expressway only seems to appear in newspapers articles, apparently as a way to simplify identification to readers when writing about the expressway through the Kapiti District. The expressway operates only in the territorial area of the Kapiti District Council. As part of a state highway (SH1) the controlling authority for the ...
The station building had a ladies' waiting room and an office for the stationmaster. The yard had four tracks, a loading ramp, a goods shed, and an engine house and turntable. Initially the station was known as New Otaki to differentiate it from the original settlement, but was soon changed to Otaki. A refreshment room was added in 1893. [4]
Transmission Gully was approved by a Board of Inquiry. Construction started in 2014, and, although delayed by Covid-19 restrictions, opened in 2022; as did the Pekapeka to Otaki section. But the Otaki to Levin section was cancelled and then rescheduled by the Sixth Labour Government, and has not restarted. [11]
The two over bridges of the Peka Peka to Otaki expressway which opened in 2022 were designed to allow for a future double track line. [29] A group known as "Save Kapiti" is actively campaigning for the extension. [30] The Otaki Community Board also supports the extension of electrification. [31]
In February 2017 the Kāpiti Expressway was opened [39] to enable State Highway 1 to bypass the centre of the township. The opening of the Transmission Gully Motorway increased accessibility to the town for commuters travelling to and from Wellington. [3] The town is the current northern terminus of the Kapiti Line for the Metlink commuter rail ...
The construction of the Peka Peka to Otaki section of the Kāpiti Expressway required 1.3 km (0.81 mi) of the NIMT immediately north of Otaki station to be realigned. Construction began in 2017, and trains were switched onto the new alignment over the 2019 Easter long weekend (19–22 April).
Horowhenua Kapiti represent the district in the Heartland Championship. Kapiti has been represented in rugby league by the Kapiti Bears – Kapiti Coast Rugby League Club Inc., which was founded in the 1970s and was the home of Kiwi and Melbourne Storm player Stephen Kearney. The Kapiti Bears operate out of Matthews Park, Menin Road, and are ...
The ceremony was marked by protests against the proposed Kapiti Expressway, and Ōtaki-based list MP Darren Hughes was cheered for his opposition to the project in favour of rail investment. [13] The Paraparaumu and Waikanae stations were upgraded at a cost of more than $1 million each in 2010–2011.