"We've had two buses that have lost their mirrors in the dip in the road past Claymark Sawmills. The road was made wider, but it narrows at the bridge."
Making a right hand turn onto the state highway meant taking your life in your hands, Brendan Gibbs told the meeting.
"Beach Rd and Highfields Drive are the most dangerous [intersections] to come out of. You can't see, especially when turning right out of Highfields.
"I have waited over six minutes to get out of Beach Rd."
People were now turning left and then doing a U-turn in the main street, he said. "It's too dangerous for children to ride bikes or walk to school. The pedestrian crossing is our saviour."
The Te Mania Stream bridge south of Katikati must be the worst bridge in the country, Mr Gibbs said.
"I've been to three accidents on that bridge in the last six months and as a town we get cut off at that bridge due to flooding. Socially it's affecting our community."
When Mr Gibbs pointed out that about every three years engineers changed at NZTA, which put the Katikati Community Board back to square one, Ms Moroney said their standard criteria was not broad enough to cover community issues.
"It does not take into account the environmental impact. Emissions and the impact on health should be part of it."
Western Ward Residents and Ratepayers Association chairman David Marshall said he had written to NZTA on a couple of matters. He asked under the Official Information Act about the weight limits of bridges between Katikati and Waihi.
"Their bridge consultant confirmed that the route had recently been deemed adequate for an increase in vehicle masses from 44 tonne to 50 tonne vehicles. But once strengthening was complete, the route will be opened for vehicles up to 58 tonne gross.
"None of the bridges are up for renewal in the next 20 years," he said.
"As we speak the Government is moving for a rule change in the vehicle dimension review," Ms Moroney said.
"The recommendation is to make the big juggernauts larger. They were 50 tonne and will be 58 tonne, adding an extra eight tonne on our roads and this means your roading bill will go up."
Ms Moroney said she could see there was a lot of passion around the need for a bypass, and there had been a lot of history.
"In 2011 when it [the bypass] was in the top 10 list it should have gone ahead then."