Express CONNECT

29 July 2022

Residents will notice smaller teams now working on surrounding areas to complete connections between the current State Highway 1 and some of the expressway’s on/off ramps. We appreciate these works can cause disruption for locals but we’re trying to minimise the impacts while completing these necessary works as safely and quickly as possible.

On a cultural note, this month we welcomed a visit by MP for Ōtaki, Terisa Ngobi, to the unique and historic Mirek Smíšek kilns to celebrate and recognise their relocation. We certainly enjoyed sharing this ‘project within a project’, where brick-by-brick we relocated and rebuilt these kilns to where they are now, which will be a unique visitor experience for the future. Read more about this visit below.

For further information on the project please visit our information centre (which has updated photos and a brochure to take away), visit our website www.nzta.govt.nz/pp2o, call us on 0800 PP2O INFO or email pp2o@nzta.govt.nz

Ngā mihi
Chris Hunt, Project Director

Terisa Ngobi, MP for Ōtaki, in one of the kilns

MP visit to historic kilns

We're thrilled to have helped relocate two historic beehive kilns, built by the acclaimed Czechoslovakian-born potter and local artist Mirek Smíšek, to make way for construction of the expressway. The kilns were moved brick-by-brick a short distance east of their original location – at Mirek’s property in Te Horo – and then rebuilt.

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Expressway tech system to be tested next month

Next month we’ll be testing our Intelligent Transport System (ITS) for the expressway. This refers to the Waka Kotahi fibre cable that connects all cameras and technology across our state highways. When it goes ‘live’, the new expressway ITS system will integrate seamlessly with the national transport network.

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School Road Bridge

School Road Bridge, Te Horo to feature in National Bridge Summit

PP2Ō will feature at a National Bridge Summit where the latest planning, updates, insights and innovation across the entire lifecycle of bridge structures will be shared at two targeted events running in Wellington next month.

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Bird's eye view of the expressway

Drone provides unique bird’s eye view of the project

Students of Ōtaki College were flying high when they received recent permission to film the expressway using their new college drone this month.

Seeing the expressway from a bird’s eye view is a great way for motorists to check out how the project is progressing and also understand how the on/off ramps will operate when the road opens.

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Map of Peka Peka to Ōtaki Expressway

Free maps available from information centre

Feel free to come and pick up a brochure on the Peka Peka to Otaki Expressway at the PP2Ō information centre. It contains a handy map so you know the route and can get used to the on/off ramp locations.

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PP2Ō Expressway Team creates safety game show

At our July monthly share meeting, the team participated in a newly-created game show invented to get some useful messaging out to the team around safety, as well as generating a few laughs.

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Northern area

Upcoming construction milestones

• Deep lift asphalt paving, in the northern area, is completed north of Waitohu Stream and to be finished by the end of August 2022 for Otaki River to Waitohu Stream. All wire rope barriers along the shoulders are to be completed by the end of September 2022.

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More information

For more information on the Peka Peka to Ōtaki Expressway, contact us at 0800 7726 4636 or email pp2o@nzta.govt.nz

Visit our website www.nzta.govt.nz/pp2o