Project newsletter – September 2017

View looking west over the Kenepuru Interchange works with steel pile casings in the foreground.

Construction update

Good progress continues across the 27 kilometre route despite a wetter than anticipated summer and recent winter weather slowing progress in some areas of the project.

For an update from the team about what’s been happening during winter on the Transmission Gully motorway project, and also what’s coming up for the project, read more...

Aerial design map showing the Kenepuru Interchange and tie in to State Highway 1.

Innovative work at Kenepuru

Heavily-reinforced concrete columns rising out of earthworks on the Kenepuru-Linden stretch of State Highway 1 are early chapters in one of Transmission Gully motorway’s more technical stories. 

The columns are bridge piles and a nearby collection of large steel casings ‘pile sleeves’ mark the start of the works to build the new Kenepuru Interchange.

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Project Archeaologist Mary O’Keefe with a 'cannonball' found in the headwaters of the Horokiri Stream.

Unearthing history

The recent discovery of a metal sphere, thought to be a ship’s cannonball, has reignited interest in the history of Transmission Gully.

The ball, just over 25 centimetres in diameter, weighing about 53 kilograms and found by workers in the headwaters of the Horokiri Stream has been the subject of intense research by Project Archaeologist Mary O’Keeffe. “It has the exact dimensions of balls used in huge cannons mounted on ships around the mid-nineteenth century,” she says. “How it ended up in the creek is a mystery.”

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Students overlooking the works underway for the Cannons Creek Bridge.

Inspiring the next generation of engineers

The Transmission Gully project team were proud to be involved in the 2017 IPENZ Week of Engineering, which ran from 31 July to 05 August. This series of events across the country aims to inspire and inform young people interested in pursuing a career in engineering.

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The mobile visitor centre located next to Te Papa in Circa Square.

Transmission Gully motorway mobile visitor centre arrives in Wellington

The Transmission Gully motorway mobile visitor centre has set up on the Wellington waterfront to provide Wellingtonians with a glimpse into the construction of the new 27 kilometre motorway that is taking shape to the north of the city.

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