Work begins on Auckland, New Zealand motorway project

Work has begun on new US$509 million (NZ$709.5 million) motorway in New Zealand, extending from Puhoi, approximately 50 km north of Auckland, to Warkworth, a distance of 18.5 kilometres. The project is New Zealand’s second Public Private Partnership (PPP) for a state highway and will be delivered by the Northern Express Group, which will finance, design, construct, manage and maintain the motorway for the 25 years that will follow the expected five year period to build the motorway. Full ownership of the
December 9, 2016 Read time: 2 mins
Work has begun on new US$509 million (NZ$709.5 million) motorway in New Zealand, extending from Puhoi, approximately 50 km north of Auckland, to Warkworth, a distance of 18.5 kilometres.

The project is New Zealand’s second Public Private Partnership (PPP) for a state highway and will be delivered by the Northern Express Group, which will finance, design, construct, manage and maintain the motorway for the 25 years that will follow the expected five year period to build the motorway. Full ownership of the highway will remain with the public sector. It is aimed to have the Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway open for traffic by 2022.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Transport Minister Simon Bridges said over time the motorway would extend to Whangarei, a distance of 162km. He said the Government had pledged to build a four-lane road of national significance from Puhoi to Wellsford and the entire corridor to Whangarei was very important.

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