1996: National Roading Programme: Auckland/Northland NRP news

 The Auckland/Northland newsletter for the 1996 National Roading Programme of Transfund NZ.

It was noted that 46% of spending in Auckland was road maintenance.  The newsletter has a comprehensive list of all state highway and local road projects funded, including investigation and design in Auckland and Northland. Notable in this NRP was approval of funding for the extension of the Northern Motorway from Albany to Silverdale, which continued to Orewa until funding to proceed was suspended in the early 2000s until tolling was authorised for the Orewa to Puhoi section. Investigation and design also began for a series of other major motorway projects in Auckland, including extensions of SH16 and the Upper Harbour Motorway SH18.

Major committed projects included:

• SH16 Northwestern Motorway Rosebank and Patiki Rd Interchange construction
• SH20 Southwestern Motorway extension Quarry Rd (Mangere Bridge) to Massey Rd (Papatoetoe), connecting the Mangere Bridge to the Pupatoetoe Bypass, and towards the Airport to George Bolt Memorial Drive
• Auckland City Southeastern Arterial (Church Street-Mt Wellington-Pakuranga Motorway).

New construction projects included:

• SH1 Northern Motorway extension Albany to Silverdale
• SH1 Auckland Harbour Bridge seismic upgrade
• SH1 Orewa Bridge replacement (pre Silverdale-Puhoi extension of Northern Motorway)
• SH1 Puhoi-Wellsford passing lanes
• 16km of seal extensions in Rodney District
• Wairau Road intersection upgrades in North Shore
• Thirteen seal extension projects in Far North District
• Eight seal extension projects in Whangarei District

New investigation and design work was funded for future projects:

• SH1 Warkworth-Dome Alley improvements
• SH1 Schedewys Bypass
• SH1 St Marys Bay/Victoria Park Viaduct widening/tidal flow (this did NOT proceed and was replaced by the Victoria Park Tunnel)
• SH16 Northwestern Motorway Brighams Creek extension
• SH18 Upper Harbour Motorway
• SH20 Southwestern Motorway extension Hillsborough to Dominion Road
• SH1 Southern Motorway Greenland Interchange upgrade
• SH1 Southern Motorway Otahuhu Interchange upgrade
• Auckland ATMS
• Orewa Link Road to connect to Silverdale-Puhoi extension of Northern Motorway

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