NZ’s most expensive roading project up for tender
The biggest and most expensive roading project ever in New Zealand is now up for tender after funding of up to $2 billion was approved for the job.
The Waterview Connection will link the southwestern motorway with the northwestern motorway and will include two three-lane tunnels along the route.
Once completed, the western ring route will provide a 48-kilometre alternative to State Highway 1 and the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
NZTA chief executive Geoff Dangerfield says the Transport Agency is up to the challenge of delivering a project of this size.
“A project of this scale is a first for New Zealand, and it will deliver many, many benefits for the country and the region,” he says.
Dangerfield says the project will attract international interest and could create over 1,000 jobs in construction-related activities at the peak of activity.
The NZTA will run the tender process in parallel with its application for statutory approvals, through the new national consenting process.
Route designation and resource consent applications will be lodged with the Environmental Protection Authority in mid-August.
Source: http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/nz-s-most-expensive-roading-project-up-tender-3620824
