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Photo of our team prior to installation of the gantry.

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You won’t miss this!

The project team recently installed the longest sign gantry on the project which is also the second longest gantry sign in New Zealand.

Measuring a whopping 18.3m long, 3.68m high and with an area of 67.42m², it’s slightly bigger than your average one-bedroom apartment. The northbound sign can be found between the Upper Harbour Highway and Greville Road intersections and spans five traffic lanes. Made of aluminium, the sign was transported to site in smaller panels and a team of three people assembled it over the course of three days.

Gantries are used primarily on roads with a high volume of traffic such as motorways and where roadside signage would be difficult for all drivers to see.  Until the final road layout is in place, we’ve covered two arrows on the sign to ensure there is no confusion for drivers.

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Above: August 2018; Below: October 2021

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Then and now – Greville Road

This month, we’re in awe of the change in the Greville Road area over the past four years – check out the above then and now photos.

During this time, we’ve updated the roundabout with a fully signalised intersection, widened the motorway and Greville Road bridge with one additional lane in each direction, built the extension of the Northern Busway and shared path along with multiple retaining walls. Work at the on and off-ramps of the intersection includes repositioning and widening. Our environmental team have been kept busy by upgrading the wetland and retarding basin which temporarily stores stormwater during very high rainfall as well as planting thousands of plants and shrubs. It doesn’t stop there! We’ve also laid metres and metres of underground ducting for utilities such as fibre in addition to concrete barriers, drainage and guardrail. Oh, did we also mention the new signage and lighting too!?

With so many different disciplines working on the project, it’s great to be able to take a moment to acknowledge where we were and where we are now.

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Plan ahead for major SH1 southbound delays

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is advising drivers to be prepared for major delays southbound on the Northern Motorway on Sunday 28 November and Sunday 5 December and if possible, avoid the Albany and Rosedale area while the Northern Corridor Improvements project team complete necessary work.

During this time, the team will be completing a concrete pour for the SH1 to SH18 underpass connection. Whilst the material cures (sets), we need to ensure that the vibration from passing traffic remains low.

To ensure this can happen, a 50km per hour speed limit will be in place in the immediate area. Temporary lane barriers will also detour vehicles around either side of the concrete pour to help move the traffic as far away from the setting concrete as possible.

So that the temporary lane barriers can be installed prior to the work on Sunday and then removed afterwards, a full southbound closure of SH1 between Greville Road and Constellation Drive will be in place over Saturday and Sunday nights.

To find out more, click here to visit the website.

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Bus only exit now open for Constellation Bus Station

On the morning of 22 November, a bus only exit which leads directly into Constellation Bus Station opened.

The bus only exit needed to open prior to the completion of the extended Northern Busway and upgraded Constellation Bus Station so that the project can divert the route used by buses and undertake necessary work in the area.

Drivers who want to exit State Highway 1 (SH1) at Constellation Drive are to continue to use the southbound off-ramp for Upper Harbour Highway, which remains 400m further south.

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Left: Emma Cushnie, Kirstin Berry and Fiddich the cat; Right: Trish Viall and her granddaughters

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Taking part in Breast Cancer Awareness month

It’s been a long time since we’ve been able to gather as a project team and the plan to host the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation at our monthly toolbox unfortunately had to be cancelled.

We instead moved our plans online and held an awareness presentation and pink dress-up competition for our ‘bubbles’. With great enthusiasm and fierce competition, the co-winners were Kirstin Berry, Emma Cushnie and cat Fiddich, along with Trish Viall and her granddaughters – we think they all look great. 

With so many young people working on NCI, the focus was breast health in young Kiwi women.  Sadly 3,300 NZ women will be diagnosed with breast cancer every year and 200 of these will be under the age of 40.  Knowing what good boob health looks like is so important and knowing what to look for when checking breasts is key.

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Your community contacts

To find out more or provide feedback, please contact our Community Engagement Managers Emma Cushnie and Trish Viall.

Freephone: 0800 624 776
Email: northerncorridor@nzta.govt.nz

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More information

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For more information on the Auckland Northern Corridor project, contact us on 0800 NCI Project (0800 624 776) or at northerncorridor@nzta.govt.nz

Visit our website www.nzta.govt.nz/nci

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