Project newsletter – Summer 2019

The Ventia team. Back (L to R): Matt Dixon – Project Engineer; Bob Barraclough – Project Engineer; Dawn Bain – Finance Manager; Barry Smith – Regional Manager; Brett Dixon – ITS Project Manager; Front (L to R) Benjie Orpilla – Asset Manager; Sina Asi – Project Coordinator; Graeme Anderson – O&M Rep

Ventia gearing up to take on the Transmission Gully motorway in 2020

Ventia is one of the largest providers of infrastructure operations and maintenance and asset management services in Australia and New Zealand. As a key subcontractor to Wellington Gateway Partnership (WGP), Ventia is proud to be providing operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the new Transmission Gully motorway, for the 25 years following build completion in 2020.

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A bird’s-eye view looking down on the Willowbank Quarry.

Willowbank not your average quarry

Unless you’ve visited or toured a quarry, chances are you don’t know much about what goes on inside one. In the simplest terms, a rock quarry is a place where little rocks are made from big rocks. Although the basic process is the same, each quarry is different.

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The James Cook Interchange, which is now largely complete, with road pavement set to get underway through summer.

Understanding the interchanges – spotlight on James Cook

As we move closer to opening the new motorway and the interchanges start to take shape, we are taking a closer look at each one. In our last newsletter the spotlight was on Kenepuru, while in this edition we look at the James Cook Interchange that provides entry and exit to the Transmission Gully motorway at Whitby. Developed as a series, each of these information articles is designed to give road users details on how the interchanges will work.

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Construction milestones

At the start of December:

View looking south from the State Highway 58 Interchange. The new motorway can be clearly seen making its way behind Whitby and through Belmont Regional Park towards Kenepuru.

Construction update

With summer well and truly here the summer works programme is now underway. The next few months will see significant progress right across the project, with many sections of the new motorway in the final stages of completion.

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A paving machine working near Battle Hill Farm Forest Park, which has had the new IRIS Detect technology installed.

Project’s innovative safety technology gets thumbs up from Worksafe NZ

The Transmission Gully project is leading the way in safety for workers on site through innovative technology designed to prevent collisions between machinery and ground staff on construction sites. The use of sensors that detect the reflective strips found on high-visibility safety vests, mean everyone on site, including visitors and subcontractors, is detectable and safe.

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Transmission Gully mobile visitor centre in Tawa.

Connecting with the community

The community is a big part of our project. With 27 kilometres to cover, we’re committed to keeping our neighbours updated and we’re always out and about talking to people about what we’re doing in their area.

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Aerial view of the northbound Transmission Gully motorway onramp near Linden, Tawa.

A view from above

Check out the project’s image gallery to view the latest photos of the motorway from the air and on the ground.

Visit our video library to see animated videos of the interchanges and innovative construction works for the project.

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