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Waterview Connection Project

Completing the Western Ring Route

Auckland City Council Community Board Briefing May 2009

Western Ring Route - a Road of National Significance

• Strategic alternative to SH1

avoiding CBD

• Contributes to economic &

regional development by:

• Relieving congestion and

improving access across Auckland and to the airport

• Delivering more predictable

travel times

• Linking major residential and

commercial areas

• Complementing investment in

public transport

Missing Link: Waterview Connection

The full benefits of

• ther sections of the

WRR already built or under construction will be realised only when Waterview Connection is completed

Waterview in the Auckland Context

• One part of Auckland’s long

term integrated transport plan that includes the development

• f:
• Passenger transport and Rapid

Transit Network

• Regional arterial routes
• Rail as a freight network
• State highways
• Walking and cycling
• Travel behaviour change

Project background

• Twin tunnel option selected J

une 2008:

• Five years to construct
• At a cost of $2.77 billion, significant additional funding

required ( including finance costs) but was not allocated

• Not future- proofed (tunnels only two lanes in each direction)
• Three alternatives investigated that could each be
• Delivered within existing funding
• Completed sooner than the twin tunnel scheme
• Future- proofed to cater for growth

Three alternative options

• The Board considered three alternative options
• Each delivers similar benefits and each can be completed

sooner and at a much lower cost than the twin tunnels

• Each option had different costs and different impacts on

surrounding community

Preferred option – Combined surface- tunnel

• 4.5km route from Maioro St to

Waterview interchange

• Under Richardson Rd into Alan Wood

Reserve

• Then follows existing rail designation
• Under New North Rd in 1.2km tunnel

below Avondale Heights

• Emerging near intersection of

Blockhouse Bay & Great North Rds

• Under Great North Rd in ‘cut & cover’
• Interchange at Waterview Park

connecting to SH16

• SH16 widened between St Lukes & Te

Atatu

Preferred option – Combined surface- tunnel

Preferred option – Combined surface- tunnel

Preferred option – Combined surface- tunnel

Key features – Combined surface- tunnel

• Capacity for three lanes in each direction
• Construicted in four and a half years
• Project cost of $1.4b, including property, tunnel and cut & cover

SH16 works and other mitigation measures

• Uses existing rail corridor, but avoids most other open space

areas valued by the community

TYPICAL SECTION THROUGH GREAT NORTH ROAD

Public Transport, Cycling and Walking

• Takes freight and other through traffic off local roads

freeing them up for improved public transport services

• Reduces rat running in residential streets
• Design caters for future rail and electrification
• No disruption to existing pedestrian and cycle links
• Opportunity to extend the Mt Roskill cycle way to SH16
• Extending Maioro St to Stoddard Rd will provide a new

pedestrian connection between New Windsor and Mt Roskill / Wesley

• Opportunity to develop Heron Park and Phyllis St

connnection

• Opportunities to develop the Oakley Creek walkway

Costs

Surface Tunnel Option $m 2x2 Tunnel $m 2x3 Tunnel $m SH20 works 1,165 1,974 2,335 SH16 works 242 242 242 Sub Total 1,407 2,216 2,577 Funding Costs (8% )

• 554

585

Total 1,407 2,770 3,160

Comparisons to Business Case Analysis (escalated to $2015)

Issues & engagement

New route directly affects 365 residential properties and about 110 strata titles. Community, urban design, and environmental impacts Balancing Auckland’s strategic need to complete the WRR and concerns about local impacts 1:1 engagement with those directly affected Stakeholder & community engagement Feedback from wider Auckland/ region welcomed

Residential Property Purchase

• Compensation principles defined under the Public Works Act
• Property acquisition managed through Land Information New

Zealand accredited agents

• Owners entitled to professional advice from registered valuers and

solicitors at Crown cost

• Typical compensation includes:

Current market value Professional advice Costs of buying replacement property Moving costs Utility transfer costs

Community engagement

SCOPE

• Seeking feedback on the

details and specific issues

• We are committed to

working with the community to mitigate adverse effects

PROCESS

• Engagement period runs to

end of J uly includes:

• Door- knocking/ letter drop

to affected residents

• Updated project website
• Brochure and submission

form available

• Ongoing 1:1 liaison with

affected residents

• Stakeholder briefings &

meetings underway

• Open days in J

une and J uly

Summary

• Completion of the Western Ring Route is

Completion of the Western Ring Route is strategically important for Auckland strategically important for Auckland

• The

The Waterview Waterview Connection is the missing link Connection is the missing link

• NZTA is committed to engagement to identify and

NZTA is committed to engagement to identify and address impacts/ effects address impacts/ effects