Te Ara o Tākitimu ki te Raki - Pānui

New aerial flyover across Takitimu North Link site

At the start of our second year in construction on Stage One of the Takitimu North Link project we are issuing this stakeholder briefing to keep you up to speed with the latest on site.

The project is making good progress one year into construction with environmental controls in place, site accesses established, five bridges in construction, a site office opened, and critical utilities relocation work underway. Project Planner Pieter Kock talks us through  progress in this new flyover footage across the 6.8km site between Tauranga and Te Puna.

Watch the video here

There are a selection of photos of key worksites below, and you can read a media release on progress here.

Artist impression of Te Rangi Tuanehe / Minden interchange

You are invited

We would like to invite you to drop in and visit the team at our new fortnightly drop in sessions, here at the site office.

These sessions are aimed to provide interested people and neighbours to the project a chance to pop in to view project maps and photographs, and speak to members of our team about what’s happening on site, job vacancies or other opportunities. 

Come along for a chat!

When Between 2 – 4pm fortnightly on Wednesdays. Upcoming dates are 8 & 22 February, 8 & 22 March, 5 & 19 April 2023.

Where Project office, 635 State Highway 2, Te Puna 3176.

Picture taken January 2023

Wairoa Road Bridge

A diversion road was built to enable the bridge to be constructed, piling completed, and 66-tonne precast concrete beams installed in October 2022. This bridge moves another step closer to completion mid-2023 with the concrete deck now being poured.

Picture taken January 2023

Cambridge Road Overbridge

Piling is finished and the new temporary Harrison Road constructed, this will open soon. Locals in this area may notice an increase in truck movements along Moffat Road over the summer months as earthworks ramp up in the Smiths Farm area at Tauriko/Bethlehem.

Picture taken November 2022

Piling in progress at Te Rangi Tuanehe / Minden

Picture taken January 2023

Wairoa Awa Bridge

A 145m construction bridge has been built over the Wairoa Awa (river) – this enables the permanent bridge to be built and provides access for construction vehicles across the river, reducing the number of trucks on roads.