Project Name:
Waterview Tunnel (Western Ring SH1 Waikato Expressway - Hamilton se
Victoria Park Tunnel
Northern Gateway Alliance (Albany to Christchurch Northern
SH16 Causeway Upgrade (Western Newmarket Viaduct Replacement Manukau Harbour Crossing
Te Rapa Section
Transmission Gully PPP
Puhoi to Warkworth PPP
Route - RoNS)
MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway
Puhoi)
Arterial and QE2 Drive
Ring Route - RoNS)
Waikato Expressway
(Wel ington Northern Corridor –
RoNS)
Scope
The Waterview Tunnel is a key
The four-lane 22km Hamilton section This is an 18km four-lane
The Victoria Park Tunnel project was The complete Albany to Puhoi
New 4 lane arterial to link Northern The Causeway Upgrade is a 4.8km The Newmarket Connection project Manukau Harbour Crossing doubled
The section begins in the
It is a 27 km long, four lane motorway The Puhoi to Warkworth project is an
piece of the Western Ring Route, a commences at the Lake Road
expressway that takes State
designed to remove the last major
(ALPURT) project runs from Greville
motorway with QE2 drive with grade long project on Auckland’s
replaced the existing Newmarket
the traffic capacity of State Highway
northwestern corner of Hamilton City that runs from Linden to Mackays
18.5km long four-lane motorway from
junction with the Ngāruawāhia section
48km motorway route through the in the north. It then runs south, to the Highway 1 along the Kāpiti Coast, traffic bottleneck on Auckland’s
Interchange in Albany to 1 km past
separated interchanges and four
Northwestern Motorway (SH16)
Viaduct (flyover) replaced with a
20 between Queenstown Road and
and extends into Waikato district. It Crossing, also through chal enging Johnstones Hill tunnels to just north
west of Auckland, connecting
east of Hamilton, connecting to the
and is the first of the Wellington
central motorway network and unlock Titford’s Bridge at Puhoi, north of
laning of QE2 drive between Main
between Great North Road
wider, stronger, more sustainable Walmsley Road, including duplicating connects SH1C to the Ngaruawahia geography. Its primary benefits are of Warkworth through chal enging
Manukau, the city, West Auckland existing Tamahere and Cambridge
Northern Corridor projects
the potential of other significant
Waiwera. ALPURT B1 runs from
North Road and Innes Road.
Interchange and Te Atatu
new motorway bridge.
the Mangere Bridge, widening the
section to the north at Horotiu and
improved safety and travel reliability geography. Ara Tūhono means a
and the North Shore. The 2.4km sections. It opened to traffic in July
completed. It separates local and
investment in recent years to improve Silverdale to Orewa North, where the Christchurch City Council portion of Interchange, and is a key component
Southwestern Motorway to three traffic opened to traffic in December 2012. for users, and route
connecting pathway and the name
Waterview Tunnel between Pt
2022 and marked the whole 102km
Waikato Expressway being open.
highway traffic and aims for safer
travel reliability to and around the
motorway terminates at a roundabout project (where the Al iance
in completing the Western Ring
lanes and a bus shoulder lane in each
resilience/redundancy for the
was gifted by our project treaty
Chevalier and Mt Roskill opened
and shorter trips to and through the Auckland's central business district. and traffic is diverted onto a local road operates under a separate
Route.
direction, extending to Queenstown
Wellington region.
partners, Hōkai Nuku. The motorway
in July 2017.
Kāpiti Coast - with local and national
to connect back to the State Highway. agreement outside the main
Road and SH20 Mt Roskill Extension in
is a key strategic transport corridor
benefits.
Sector B2 is the proposed extension
Al iance Agreement) included
The Causeway Upgrade Project
the north and to Walmsley Road in the
and provides a safer, more resilient
from North Orewa through to Puhoi.
extension of motorway from QEI to involved raising a section of the
south, replacing pedestrian
and reliable route connecting
Cranford street across Cranford
Northwestern Motorway to prevent
overbridges at Beachcroft Avenue
Auckland to Northland.
The project is of a large scale requiring Basin and continuation of 4 lanes
flooding and widening it to provide
(Onehunga) and Hastie Avenue
3 significant bridge structures, and
from Cranford Basin to Innes Rd
additional capacity. The cycleway
(Mangere Bridge), creating a new
requiring approximately 3.2 million m3 along Cranford St.
alongside the motorway has been
pedestrian and cycle overbridge
of earthworks. A ful , grade separated
raised, widened and upgraded, too.
across Onehunga Harbour Road and a
interchange will be provided at the
Work added to the scope included a This project is a key part of the
new pedestrian and cycle route under
southern end of the alignment (i.e. at 24/7 T2 lane from Tram Road to the Western Ring Route which is now
the southern approach of Mangere
Orewa). At the northern end of the
south end of Waimakariri Bridge on complete and has provided an
Bridge from Coronation Road to
project north facing ramps only will be SH1, a morning peak T2 lane down alternative to SH1, central Auckland
Mahunga Drive.
provided due to designation and
the main alignment to QE2 Drive
and the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
topography constraints. Local road
overbridge, and a southbound third
crossings will be maintained at
lane to Waimakariri Bridge.
Hillcrest Road and Fowlers Access
Road.
Date Start
Aug-11
Nov-15
Late 2013
Jan-10
Dec-04
Aug-16
May-13
Jul-07
Nov-07
Jun-09
Jun-14
Nov-16
Duration (approximate)
6 years
6.5 years
4 years
2 years
5 years
4.5 years
6.5 years
7 years
2.5 years
3.5 years
Road opened
Jul-17
Jul-22
Feb-17
Nov-11
Jan-09
Dec-20
Dec-19
Mar-14
Jul-10
Dec-12
Mar-22
Jun-23
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