Ventia will be operating the motorway 24/7. This will involve handling emergencies, traffic management and responding to incidents.
While any serious accidents will involve emergency services, if you break down on the motorway, one of Ventia’s incident response vehicles will come and help. It’s all part of the service.
Cameras will keep an eye on intersections, while stopped vehicles anywhere on the rest of the motorway will be detected by an ITS radar system monitoring traffic movement. Because Transmission Gully is a motorway so no vehicle should be stopping, unless it’s an emergency.
Ventia is also responsible for maintaining the integrity of the road and carrying out any repairs that come up over the next 25 years. That could be anything from fixing any damage to the median barriers to carrying out rehabilitation works and reseals to maintain the road in a good operating condition.
Transmission Gully has been designed and built to be highly resilient and safety will continue to be paramount.
The Ventia team will be carrying out regular inspections of structures and retaining walls, ensuring drains and culverts are clear and all streetlighting is working.
There’s also the environment to care for. The hard work carried out by the Transmission Gully environment and landscaping teams during construction will be continued. This means ensuring fences and environmental barriers are intact, vegetation is mowed and weeded, and predators are controlled, especially for ecologically protected areas.
With so much water in the hills, making sure the stormwater system is performing as designed is critical. Ventia has already established a water quality monitoring process. It’s just one of the ways Ventia is preparing for road opening.
Just another day in the office - Ventia inspects the fences and boundary up on the Gas Ridge line.
After 25 years Ventia’s contract with WGP (and WGP’s contract with Waka Kotahi) will end, and the road will be handed over to Waka Kotahi in tip top shape.
The Ventia team. Back (L to R): Matt Dixon – Project Engineer; Bob Barraclough – Project Engineer; Dawn Bain – Finance Manager; Barry Smith – Regional Manager; Brett Dixon – ITS Project Manager; Front (L to R) Benjie Orpilla – Asset Manager; Sina Asi – Project Coordinator; Graeme Anderson – O&M Rep.
