NZ Transport Agency signs up alliance partners for the Northern Corridor Improvements Project
12 January 2018
NZ Government:
The
NZ Transport Agency’s commitment to getting
Auckland moving has been
boosted with the signing of an Alliance contract with two construction
and two design companies to build the
Northern Corridor Improvements
Project (NCI Project).
The contract signing is a significant milestone in the history of the
project to create a new connection between the Northern Motorway (State
Highway 1) and State Highway 18 as well as extending the Northern Busway
to Albany.
The NCI Project Alliance, comprising the NZ Transport Agency,
Fulton
Hogan,
HEB Construction,
Opus and
Jacobs is now tasked with finalising
the detailed design and gearing up for construction next year.
The NCI project will build a new motorway connection between SH1
(Northern Motorway) and SH18 (Upper Harbour Highway) to complete the
Western Ring Route, upgrade Upper Harbour Highway, add new motorway
lanes to SH1, build an extension of the Northern Busway and add more
than 7kms of new walking and cycling paths.
“The project is an important link in helping to realise the full
benefits of the Western Ring Route by giving people an alternative route
to State Highway 1 and the Auckland Harbour Bridge. It will also create
better travel choices for walkers, cyclists and users of public
transport,” says the Transport Agency’s Senior Manager Project Delivery,
Chris Hunt.
The Alliance will set up a main site office on the North Shore and has
started recruiting for more than 150 new roles including surveyors,
engineers, safety advisors, machine operators, drainlayers, carpenters
and general construction field staff, says Mr Hunt.
More than 150 people attended an inaugural community open day this month
and more meetings with affected property owners and businesses are
planned starting early next year. The alliance’s Community Engagement
team will keep the local community informed of all temporary traffic
management and construction mitigation measures.
The first steps towards construction will include road resurfacing and
the installation of moveable median barriers. There will be changes to
lanes, which includes making them slightly narrower to allow for
construction work to take place safely within the existing corridor.
Construction sites and fencing will also be established, before the main
work gets under way in the middle of the year, says Mr Hunt.
The project will be undertaken in stages over the next three years.
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