Country’s largest construction project update
Mary Searle Bell catches up with Auckland’s $4.45 billion City Rail Link post pandemic lockdown. All six City Rail Link sites reopened at the end...
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End in sight for Kaikoura recovery
The rebuild of the transport networks following the Kaikoura 7.8 magnitude earthquake in November 2016 is nearing an end. The NZTA, KiwiRail and the North...
Kaimai Tunnel rail slab re-level innovation
Ground engineering and asset preservation specialist Mainmark filled voids and lifted the slab and re-levelled the railway line in the Kaimai Tunnel. The Kaimai Tunnel...
Recognising Kaikoura earthquake work
By TOMMY PARKER, GENERAL MANAGER, SYSTEM DESIGN & DELIVERY, NZ TRANSPORT AGENCY NOVEMBER MARKS THE first anniversary of the Kaikoura earthquake and it’s timely for me...
The day the trains started running
The massive Kaikoura earthquake largely spared population centres, but destroyed road and rail services. HUGH DE LACY tells how they got the trains running again...
Wasps and other challenges
The Midland Line dodged a bullet from New Zealand’s biggest-ever earthquake – the South Island Main Trunk didn’t – but copped a beating from other...
Working against the elements: Mingha Bluff realignment on SH73
Rain, wind and snow have conspired to delay a major realignment on SH73 between Canterbury and the West Coast. Hugh de Lacy gets his wet...
Kaikoura slips – the work so far
The eventual clearance of $2 billion worth of slips blocking SH1 north of Blenheim could take until Christmas. By HUGH DE LACY. LIKE SH1, KIWIRAIL’S...
Farewelling Geoff Dangerfield
NZ Transport Agency CEO Geoff Dangerfield recently stepped down from his role as leader of the agency, after taking the organisation through a complex merger...
Iconic viaduct’s $13m revamp
CHRIS WEBB reviews a sizeable restoration project that has given an old classic and important viaduct a new lease of life. LOCATED 12 KILOMETRES south...