Project purpose
With a total length of approximately 110km the Wellington Northern Corridor road of national significance has been identified as having a key role to play in supporting economic transformation by improving the connections that enable the flow of people, goods and services throughout New Zealand.
Benefits
Completing the Wellington Northern Corridor will unlock economic growth potential regionally and nationally, and deliver a range of benefits including:
- Support for a growing population: the regional population is expected to increase by 65,000 over the next 20 years, mainly in Wellington City and Kapiti
- Support for increasing freight volumes in the region: there will be a 50% increase between 2007 and 2017, with the vast majority of movements by truck
- Improved access to Wellington’s port, CBD, airport and hospital
- Relief from severe congestion on the state highways and local road networks
- Improved safety
- Improved journey time reliability
Features
The Wellington Northern Corridor comprises eight sections as listed below:
- Airport to Mt Victoria Tunnel
- Transport improvements around the Basin Reserve project
- Terrace Tunnel duplication
- Ngauranga to Aotea Quay
- Transmission Gully
- MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway
- Peka Peka to Otaki Expressway
- Otaki to Levin
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