Auckland's $340 million Victoria Park Tunnel was officially opened this morning (Saturday 29 October) three months ahead of schedule by Prime Minister John Key.
Two of the Victoria Park Tunnel’s three lanes will open early on Monday 14 November, at the end of a weekend of intensive work to connect the northbound motorway lanes to the tunnel approach.
There has been an overwhelming community response to the invitation from the NZ Transport Agency to take a once-in-a-lifetime walk through the Victoria Park Tunnel before it opens to traffic and the event is fully booked out.
The NZ Transport Agency is reminding drivers who use the Northern Gateway Toll Road on State Highway 1 to plan ahead and pay their tolls before they drive this Labour Weekend. It will be particulary busy travelling to and from Auckland as it also coincides with the Rugby World Cup 2011 final at Eden Park this Sunday.
The NZ Transport Agency will open two of the Victoria Park Tunnel's three lanes to traffic on Monday, 7 November, at the end of a week of intensive work to divert northbound motorway lanes underground from the existing Victoria Park flyover.
Sections of the NZ Transport Agency's busy Auckland motorway network have become an unlikely sanctuary to foster the growth of rare native plants that are being reintroduced into the Auckland region.