Read about the projects delivered for communities by the 2021-24 National Land Transport Programme.
The Western Bay of Plenty is projected to grow by 200,000 people, or 95,000 new homes, over the next 70 years. This will create two million extra trips in the region each day – by car, bus, ferry, train, bike or on foot.
For the people of Tairāwhiti | Gisborne, having a safe, reliable, resilient transport network is crucial. In this relatively isolated region, state highways and local roads help connect communities and support the local economy by enabling businesses to get their goods to market.
Gisborne was given an early Christmas gift in 2018: a new shared path that makes it possible to walk, run, bike or scoot from Wainui Beach to Kaiti School.
An investment of $36 million on safety improvements on the Hawke’s Bay Expressway during the 2018–21 National Land Transport Programme has made it safer for everyone who travels along the road.
Journeys are now safer and more reliable for people travelling on State Highway 3 (SH3) between Taranaki and Waikato thanks to a new route bypassing the 100-year old Awakino Tunnel.
As part of the work underway to construct a safer route than the steep, narrow and winding road over Mt Messenger on State Highway 3, Waka Kotahi is working with Ngāti Tama to restore over 3,650 hectares of land in this area.
Fourteen crashes at a busy New Plymouth intersection resulted in the installation of an innovative new half-roundabout to improve safety and traffic flow.
Drews Avenue in Whanganui is enjoying a fresh look and more visitors, thanks to an Innovating Streets town centre regeneration project. The area’s a hub for the city’s young creatives, but it was underused and overdue for some love.
This video from February 2021 shares work done to protect an at-risk species of moth as part of the Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū Tararua Highway project.
