Project newsletter – February 2021

Kia ora

We hope you’re enjoying the summer – it’s the busiest time of year for our paving team who are making the most of the warm dry weather! Our first update for 2021 is all about growth. From plants, to relationships with our partners and community, to population growth and the impact that has had on the SH58 interchange.

But first, every facet of the Transmission Gully project has a job to do, from digger operators, to engineers, to the plants. It’s not just about making the road look more attractive (although the planting does that too); planting at Transmission Gully is about soil stabilisation, protecting stream habitats, mitigating erosion, enriching biodiversity and regeneration.

Did you know that we are planting nearly 2.5 million native trees and plants, creating one of the most significant lowland native bush areas in the region?

The size of the project, and the terrain, makes it challenging work for the planting team. Check out what it takes in the video below.

If you have any questions please contact us at info@tg.co.nz. If you have an urgent matter, please call the 24-hour project hotline on 0800 TGINFO. If we are working outside of our normal work hours and you’re one of our neighbours, we’ll be in touch with you directly as usual.

Planting on Transmission Gully

Every facet of the Transmission Gully project has a job to do – from digger operators, to engineers, to the plants. It’s not just about making the road look more attractive (although the planting does that too); planting at Transmission Gully is about soil stabilisation, protecting stream habitats, mitigating erosion, enriching biodiversity and regeneration.

The Transmission Gully project is planting nearly 2.5 million native trees and plants, creating one of the most significant lowland native bush areas in the region. The size of the project, and the terrain, makes it challenging work for the planting team. Take a look at the team in action.

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Volunteers get stuck in planting shrubs beside the Hukarito awa, Porirua.

Hukarito awa regeneration

Over the summer the Transmission Gully project gifted 1000 plants to our Iwi partners Ngāti Toa. The plants were a mixture of shrubs and native grasses. Ngāti Toa used the plants to supplement the riparian planting they were undertaking beside the Hukarito awa, a stream that flows into the Porirua harbour.

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Upgrade to SH58 Interchange

If you travel through the State Highway 58 (SH58) roundabouts at Pāuatahanui, roadworks may affect your journey from Friday 12 February.

The roundabouts will eventually function as an interchange between Transmission Gully and SH58, connecting with motorway on and off ramps. We’re upgrading the roundabouts from one lane in each direction to two lanes in each direction to improve capacity and traffic flow between SH58 and the new motorway.

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Summer fun

If you’re looking to get out and do something different during the remaining weeks of summer, why not check out the Belmont Regional park situated in the rolling hills between Porirua and the Hutt Valley.

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Fair goers visiting our mobile information centre at Battle Hill during the Eat Drink and Be Crafty event.

Eat Drink and Be Crafty

Did you spot us at the Eat, Drink and Be Crafty fair at Battle Hill Farm Forest Park? It was a larger event than previous years, so we enjoyed a constant flow of visitors coming through the Transmission Gully mobile information centre. 

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Keeping you up to date

In our next newsletter we’ll update you on our paving progress. It’s all go at Transmission Gully.

Until then, we continue to remind all members of the public to stay safe and not enter the project site at any time. Work is underway in multiple areas and it remains a high hazard area.

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For more information on the Transmission Gully motorway project, contact us at 0800 TG INFO (0800 84 4636) or email us at info@tg.co.nz

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