New Zealand expressway opening shortly

A 15km stretch of the Waikato Expressway project in New Zealand will open to traffic at the beginning of 2020. Building the expressway has taken five years and comes with a total pricetag of US$262.7 million (NZ$408 million). The final section of the route will be open in late 2021 and will bypass the city of Hamilton.
October 7, 2019 Read time: 1 min

A 15km stretch of the Waikato Expressway project in New Zealand will open to traffic at the beginning of 2020. Building the expressway has taken five years and comes with a total pricetag of US$262.7 million (NZ$408 million). The final section of the route will be open in late 2021 and will bypass the city of Hamilton.

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