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![Slow trip back home for holidaymakers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Slow trip back home for holidaymakers
Traffic slowed to a snail's pace on many roads yesterday, but the worst of the expected post-holiday traffic jams failed to eventuate.
![Not all roads lead to home, but try SH16 instead of SH1](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Not all roads lead to home, but try SH16 instead of SH1
Holidaymakers heading back to Auckland today are being urged to take a different route to avoid one of the region's most heavily congested roads.
![Hot weather and heavy traffic ahead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hot weather and heavy traffic ahead
Drivers are being urged to use alternative routes to avoid long queues during what is expected to be a warm weekend.
![Holidays start with a 25km traffic block](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Holidays start with a 25km traffic block
Thousands of motorists spent hours stewing in traffic jams between Auckland's Northern Gateway toll road and Warkworth yesterday.
![Xmas traffic exodus 'absolute bedlam'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Xmas traffic exodus 'absolute bedlam'
The Christmas exodus of people leaving Wellington has created a state of "absolute bedlam" on roads leading out of the city, police say.
![Joyce: No more than $3 for Transmission Gully toll](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Joyce: No more than $3 for Transmission Gully toll
Steven Joyce says the toll on the Transmission Gully route will be no more than $3.
![Mayors at odds over Transmission Gully plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mayors at odds over Transmission Gully plan
Wellington's mayor lauds a move to proceed with Transmission Gully but her Kapiti counterpart admits to being "extremely disappointed".
![Transmission Gully to go ahead in $2.2bn upgrade](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Transmission Gully to go ahead in $2.2bn upgrade
The long-awaited Transmission Gully route has been approved as part of a $2.2 billion upgrade of State Highway 1 from Wellington to Levin.
![Traffic cops return in police chief's plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Traffic cops return in police chief's plan
New specialist traffic officers will be used to issue speeding tickets, freeing police to concentrate on fighting crime.