Project newsletter – February 2018

An articulated dump truck unloading boulders beside State Highway 1 at Paekakariki.

Working together to help coastal commuters in wake of Cyclone Gita

Four articulated dump trucks, running in convoy, worked through the day to haul boulders from Transmission Gully motorway’s site at Paekakariki to a section of State Highway 1 hit by cyclone Gita.

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Taking a moment after the blessings.

Blessings mark key milestone for Te Puka and Horokiri Stream works

On Friday 8 February, two whakapainga (blessings) were performed for two sections of water now flowing into the Horokiri and Te Puka permanent stream channels.

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View looking down on Collins Avenue bridge, where the first new section is in its final stages of construction.

Construction update

This month we clocked over five million cubic metres of earth moved since construction started. For an update from the project team on what’s been happening over the last month, and what to expect over the coming summer season, read more >

250,000 Kanuka being propagated in a Taupō native nursery.

Dawn chorus for Transmission Gully motorway

The project has one of the largest replanting programmes by a construction project in New Zealand. One million native trees and shrubs are being planted over the coming year, that’s half of the total to be planted for the project.

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The seal pup making its way back to the Pauatahanui Stream.

State Highway 58 works get ‘seal’ of approval

Northern Environmental Manager, Reece Wilkie, couldn’t believe what he was seeing when he was called to help an unusual visitor in the staff car park at Lanes Flat, on a wet and windy Thursday afternoon in February.

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Desiree Craike, CPB HEB JV Traffic Manager.

Meet the team

Listen to regular radio interviews with our team to hear more about what they're working on for the project.

In the latest radio interview, Desiree Craike, CPB HEB JV Traffic Manager talks about traffic management and changes to road layout that motorists can expect to see over the coming month for the project.

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More information

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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