SH20 Waterview Connection
The Waterview Connection project will complete the Western Ring Route around Auckland by extending SH20 to the Northwestern Motorway (SH16) at Great North Road, Waterview and widening SH16 from St Lukes to Te Atatu.
Completion of the Western Ring Route (WRR) is one of seven Roads of National Significance the government has identified as critical to ensuring that users have access to significant markets and areas of employment and economic growth.
For more information on these Roads of National significance visit www.nzta.govt.nz/network/rons/index.html.
The primary objective of the WRR is to provide an alternative route through the Auckland region that reduces dependency on the southern motorway and the Auckland Harbour Bridge, and unlocks the growth potential of development sites along its length.
The coordinated completion of the WRR will deliver improved trip reliability for travel from the west to the south, and from the CBD to south Auckland and the airport.
NZTA intends to lodge an application with the Environmental Protection Agency in June to use the new national consenting process for the Waterview Connection project.
Your can find out more about this process by visiting the EPA's website.
You can contact the Waterview Connection project team on waterview.connection@nzta.govt.nz or 09 928 8734.
Other parts of the WRR include improvements to the Lincoln Road Interchange where work is due to start this year (link to Lincoln Rd website) and Lincoln to Westgate where NZTA will seek to protect the route but construction is not funded in the current ten year forecast.
Latest News
NZTA to call tenders for NZ's biggest ever roading project
The NZ Transport Agency today announced that it is to call tenders to build the Waterview Connection, the biggest and most complex roading project ever in New Zealand.
NZTA seeks new national consenting process to advance Western Ring Route completion The NZTA has decided to apply to use the new national consenting process under the Resource Management Act, to advance Auckland's Western Ring Route project.
The new provisions were introduced by Government last year to streamline the decision-making process on matters of national significance. They will be sought for the Waterview Connection project (SH20 from Maioro Street to Waterview) and for the Northwestern Motorway Improvements Project (SH16 from St Lukes to Te Atatu).
If the application is approved, it will be the first transport project to be considered under the new national consenting process.
FAQs
Why do we need this project? The Waterview Connection completes the Western Ring Route, an alternative north south motorway route that does not rely on the southern motorway or.. More
How will the project connect at each end? At the southern end at Maioro Street the tunnels will join the Mt Roskill Extension of SH20 currently being built and there will be on and...More
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