\u201cI only want to give the strip they need for the expressway and I want either side of it. <\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to move. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhatever they\u2019re going to try and give us, I\u2019d never buy another place in Waipu \u2013 I wouldn\u2019t be able to afford it,” McGregor said.<\/p>\n
The 68-year-old, whose wife\u2019s ashes are scattered on his land, said the seven farms were prime farmland. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re bloody idiots coming through good fertile dairy land,\u201d he claimed. <\/p>\n
\u201cInstead of doing the roading, they should do something about the rail … or just put an extra couple of lanes on what\u2019s there now.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy wreck people\u2019s properties and houses and farmland?\u201d <\/p>\n
The four-lane highway is expected to significantly reduce road deaths and serious injuries, enable faster travel between Te Hana and Whang\u0101rei.<\/p>\n
NZTA said landowners had been contacted across the Northland Corridor<\/a> about potential property impacts and next steps in the preferred route. <\/p>\n The alignment east of SH1 was chosen after further geotechnical and environmental investigations, with earlier western options ruled out. <\/p>\n This route was considered more direct<\/a> and offered more predictable ground conditions while addressing ongoing resilience issues on the slip-prone Brynderwyn Hills<\/a>.<\/p>\n