Thread: Kaimanawa Forest Park

Originally Posted by Woody

Here is a bit of history that might be relevant.
Some of you may know of View road which connects Broadlands rd to Aratitia Dam and SH5. This road was built by NZED and was "unclassified as class 1 or 2 or 3 and commonly used by class 1 trucks to avoid the nth broadland rd class2 weight restrictions. My understanding was that it was an "unofficial road" built to allow the dam consyruction and servicing from Wairakie hydro village and to Broadlands road. Now today it still serves the dam maintainance role but also serves to provide public and tourist access to the dam and Aratiatia rapids, rapids jet, polocross grounds and walkway up to Huka falls and the Rotokawa geothetmal power station and Fullfames rapids as well as a regular road traffic thoroughfare.
I see the four access roads off desert road as qualifying to follow this and pther NZED and similar public works precedents. Also note that the SOEs are still majority NZ public owned shares.

It is interesting that you mention this road, it is the very same road a resource consent specialist used as an example while talking with him about Waipakihi road today.