Other projects along the corridor
We thought it would be useful to update you on what other things are happening along the Peka Peka to Ōtaki corridor.
PP2Ō revocation works
These works will ensure old SH1 is fit-for-purpose as a local road before responsibility for it is transferred to Kāpiti Coast District Council.
• We've been carrying out geotechnical ground investigations, along with road surface and site utility surveys along parts of old SH1. These determine the condition of existing underground assets like culverts and pipes, location of underground services, depth of the existing road layers and ground strength.
• Findings from these investigations and surveys will be used to finalise detailed designs for road/safety improvements along the corridor.
• An invitation to tender for the physical works will be released later this year, with contractor selection taking place in late 2023 or early 2024.
• Physical works are likely to commence in the first quarter of 2024 and are expected to take about two years to complete.
If you’d like to receive updates about these revocation works during the project, sign up on our Peka Peka to Ōtaki corridor improvements webpage.
Wellington Transport Alliance works
Waka Kotahi, Fulton Hogan and WSP make up the Alliance and are responsible for the maintenance and operations of the region’s state highways.
• The SH1 Ōtaki to Ohau road safety improvements project is underway north of the expressway. A vehicle turnaround – one of three to be built between Ōtaki and Manakau – is under construction in the rest area at the bottom of Forest Lakes hill with this work expected to be completed in late April. Travellers can still use the rest area, but road users will see altered lane layouts in the vicinity.
• The turnaround will provide a safe place to turn right across the highway once median barriers are installed as part of the safety project.
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