First section of Wellington’s Northern Transport Corridor opens
It took just over three years to construct the first section of the four-lane Kapiti Expressway, some four months ahead of schedule. Richard Silcock was...
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The making of the middle: Christchurch’s Western Corridor
There were a couple of complicating twists in what otherwise seemed like a simple four-laning of the middle of the three Christchurch Western Corridor projects....
Waikanae River Bridge – image gallery
Picture credit: Mark Coote photography ...
Giant crawler-crane helps construct long bridge
A giant crawler-crane was used for constructing the longest bridge on the Kapiti Expressway. RICHARD SILCOCK checks out the engineering challenges and some stats on...
RoNS: The issue of pavement quality
The third article in our series on the roading big picture focuses on a NZ Transport Agency commissioned report on big project pavement quality. By...
RoNS – a lesson in remedial work
Our second feature on the Roads of National Significance looks at the completed Tauranga Eastern Link and the protracted settlement over local network rehabilitation, which...
The original seven RoNS for dummies
ALAN TITCHALL looks at the origins of the ‘Roads of National Significance’ (RoNS) in part one of a three-part article series that will also cover...
Chocks away for Transmission Gully
Physical work has started on Wellington’s $850 million Transmission Gully Motorway. It is the first New Zealand motorway to be constructed, financed and maintained under...
Transport Agency project: the Waikato Expressway
Construction work on the $2.1 billion, 102 kilometre-long Waikato Expressway is, according to the NZ Transport Agency, ramping up and moving along and is pretty...
Christchurch roading project on its way
The obligatory sod-turning for $112 million Christchurch roading project has been done and the project is on its way and due for completion in 2018....