Auckland transport milestones: New Southern Motorway roadworks starts, airport link finished
15 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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The Government is announcing the start of another major roading upgrade project on on a stretch of Auckland s Southern Motorway today. Photo / Waka Kotahi NZTA
The Government is announcing the start of another major roading upgrade project on on a stretch of Auckland s Southern Motorway today. Photo / Waka Kotahi NZTA
NZ Herald
Two major Auckland roading projects reach milestones today with a fresh upgrade starting on a stretch of the Southern Motorway, and the completion of work on a vital airport link.
Transport Minister Michael Wood today unveiled a new leg of construction on the New Zealand Upgrade Programme s Papakura to Drury South project which is expected to take five years to finish.
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Developer Charles Ma says KiwiRail’s plans to build a new Drury West train station 1.5km away from his development doesn t make sense.
Developer Charles Ma says KiwiRail’s plans to build a new station in Drury west, 1.5 km from his company’s Auranga development, defies “common sense”. But the Government-owned rail operator says it weighed up its options and came to the best result for the area. Ma is the chief executive of Ma Development Enterprises (MADE) and the managing director of the Auranga development, a subdivision on the outskirts of Drury West in south Auckland which is set to bring up to 3000 new homes to the area over the next five years.
Thursday, 1 April 2021, 5:19 pm
One of the Auckland projects funded by the government’s
New Zealand Upgrade Programme (NZUP) is progressing with the
shortlisting of two candidates for the contract to design
and build the new Penlink transport link.
The new 7km,
two-lane Penlink corridor will connect the Northern Motorway
(SH1) to the Whangaparāoa Peninsula, says Waka Kotahi NZ
Transport Agency National Manager Infrastructure Delivery,
Andrew Thackwray.
The NZ Upgrade Programme (NZUP) is
investing $6.8 billion in road, public transport, walking
and cycling infrastructure to get our cities moving, save
lives and boost productivity in growth areas. The programme
provides a pipeline of jobs and work for the construction
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