Andy Thackwray News Today

Friday, 30 July 2021, 1:42 pm People in the Whangaparāoa /Silverdale area may notice an uptake in activity over the coming weeks as we start geotechnical investigations which are critical in ensuring we protect the unique landscape surrounding the Penlink corridor when we begin construction in 2022. A helicopter will be used to carry special machinery into areas around the corridor where road access isn’t possible. “Ground conditions can have a significant impact on the scope and design o...

Press Release – NZTA From next week there will be lane changes for people using the Northern Motorway as 16,000m3 of material, the equivalent of six Olympic sized swimming pools,is excavated to create an underpass providing a direct connection between SH1 and SH18 as part of Auckland’s Northern Corridor Improvements (NCI) project. “The underpass will provide a direct motorway to motorway connection for people travelling from the north heading west. When NCI is complete, it will be the fin...

Thursday, 8 July 2021, 10:14 am From next week there will be lane changes for people using the Northern Motorway as 16,000m3 of material, the equivalent of six Olympic sized swimming pools, is excavated to create an underpass providing a direct connection between SH1 and SH18 as part of Auckland’s Northern Corridor Improvements (NCI) project. “The underpass will provide a direct motorway to motorway connection for people travelling from the north heading west. When NCI is complete, it will...

Press Release – NZTA From next week there will be lane changes for people using the Northern Motorway as 16,000m3 of material, the equivalent of six Olympic sized swimming pools, is excavated to create an underpass providing a direct connection between SH1 and SH18 as part … From next week there will be lane changes for people using the Northern Motorway as 16,000m3 of material, the equivalent of six Olympic sized swimming pools, is excavated to create an underpass providing a direct conne...

Abigail Dougherty/Stuff Seven homes are set to be demolished to make way for the $785 million stand-alone walking and cycling bridge over the Waitematā Habour. The Public Works Act 1981 gives the Crown power to acquire land needed for road works. In the first instance, landowners are asked to negotiate their terms, but if an agreement can’t be made, the Minister for Land Information (Damien OConnor) may acquire the land by law. Carolyn Kitchenman has lived on the street for 26 years. She s...

News in brief from Northland.

Press Release – New Zealand Transport Agency Road works at Loop Road will pause this month as Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency awaits confirmation of the preferred corridor for the Whangārei to Port Marsden Highway four-lane upgrade later this year. Construction of the single lane roundabout, extension of the northbound passing lane and safety improvements to the Portland Road and Otaika Valley Road intersections are on track to be completed in the coming weeks. Waka Kotahi National Manager I...

Press Release – New Zealand Transport Agency Road works at Loop Road will pause this month as Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency awaits confirmation of the preferred corridor for the Whangrei to Port Marsden Highway four-lane upgrade later this year. Construction of the single lane roundabout, … Road works at Loop Road will pause this month as Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency awaits confirmation of the preferred corridor for the Whangārei to Port Marsden Highway four-lane upgrade later this y...

Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 4:13 pm Road works at Loop Road will pause this month as Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency awaits confirmation of the preferred corridor for the Whangārei to Port Marsden Highway four-lane upgrade later this year. Construction of the single lane roundabout, extension of the northbound passing lane and safety improvements to the Portland Road and Otaika Valley Road intersections are on track to be completed in the coming weeks. Waka Kotahi National Manager Infrastructure De...

Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 12:23 pm There are big changes for North Shore drivers travelling on State Highway 18 (SH18) from today, as a new eastbound off-ramp at Paul Matthews Road opened this morning. The changes are necessary as part of the Northern Corridor Improvements (NCI) project. Work took place overnight to change the road layout and all traffic heading east has now shifted through a new intersection at Paul Matthews Road. The biggest change is that drivers must turn right at new traffic...