New Zealand tunnel project

New Zealand’s Waterview tunnel project in Auckland will provide a key link in, boosting capacity and safety while reducing congestion and journey times. A consortium will handle the work for the Waterview Connection road, in a deal worth $1.15 billion (NZ$1.4 billion). The Well Connected consortium includes local company Fletcher Construction as well as other New Zealand and overseas firms. The deal is of note as it will be New Zealand’s single largest highway project and work is due to commence in November
May 23, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
RSSNew Zealand’s Waterview tunnel project in Auckland will provide a key link in, boosting capacity and safety while reducing congestion and journey times. A consortium will handle the work for the Waterview Connection road, in a deal worth $1.15 billion (NZ$1.4 billion). The Well Connected consortium includes local company 2675 Fletcher Construction as well as other New Zealand and overseas firms. The deal is of note as it will be New Zealand’s single largest highway project and work is due to commence in November of this year. Under the terms of its deal the Well Connected consortium will construct some 5km of interchanges and tunnels to connect the Northern Motorway at Great North Road and Southern Motorway at Mt Roskill. The Waterview Connection road is expected to be completed in the 2015-2016 fiscal year. Once the road is open to traffic it is expected to reduce travel time significantly between the airport and the west of the city.
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