The Wairarapa is a growing region that is poorly serviced by transport options from the Hutt and Wellington. The train service is unreliable and rarely on time. The Remutaka Road is: 1. A single point of failure. 2. Dangerous 3. High cost of maintenance 4. Huge waste of fuel for the users 5. Not fit for the volume of traffic that now useless it 6. Takes so much time to traverse