Project newsletter – October/November 2020

Kia ora

Kia ora and welcome to the latest update from the Transmission Gully team.

Spring has well and truly arrived – with its usual fickle weather conditions, but when it rewarded us with a fine day we grabbed the go pro and the drone and went for a drive. With the road opening in less than twelve months, we thought you might like to join us for a tour along the alignment. Check out the video below.

Our construction update and aerial photos give you a closer look at the latest progress – especially paving preparations – along the 27 kilometre alignment.

We have two traffic switches coming up to be aware of. The first at Linden, the other at Paekākāriki. Keep reading for more information on what they will mean for your journey.

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.

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.

Sneak peek at Transmission Gully

Take a look at progress around the interchanges and check out the sights with John and Natasha.

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West of Transmission Gully, work advancing on the Whitby Link Road connecting to James Cook Drive.

Construction update

Paving works have recommenced on Transmission Gully. It’s an exciting time, with most of the major earthworks complete. A bit like building a house, once you’ve done the hard work getting solid foundations down, there’s lots of visible progress.

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Paekākāriki interchange.

Upcoming traffic changes

At Linden we are constructing six lanes where Transmission Gully connects with the existing State Highway 1. Four lanes are currently used for SH1 traffic. We will be swapping northbound traffic from the middle two lanes into the outside lanes, so we can finish work in the median. It’s the last stage before we lay the final road surface and open all six lanes next year.

Between Mackays Crossing and Paekākāriki, SH1 traffic will be shifted onto a 1.3 kilometre portion of Transmission Gully motorway in late November. This is to allow work to be completed on local road connections to the coastal route (the current SH1).

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A mobile asphalt plant (in a different location to the Mackays site)

Asphalt plant and proposed CVSC site

Switching SH1 traffic onto the section of Transmission Gully between Mackays Crossing and Paekākāriki, will also support the safe operation of a temporary asphalt plant supplying asphalt to the paving crews working in the north of the project.

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Artist’s impression of completed Ngāti Toa art wall near Linden.

Art wall

From the middle of November you may also see some activity alongside the southbound lanes of SH1 in the Linden area. This is the installation of panels covering two shotcrete retaining walls.

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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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