IMPORTANCE AREA FOR INVESTMENT OF THE AREA Whangarei The Upper North Island is responsible for over manufacturing economy, home to a number of half of the country’s entire freight movements, our most vibrant communities and the focus for with a large majority coming into, out of, or the East West Connections programme. through Auckland; making Auckland’s transport Increasing freight volumes and the anticipated network critical to New Zealand’s economic economic and population growth in the area will performance. place increasing pressure on both the nation’s At the heart of Auckland’s freight movements is supply chains and the local transport network. + SOUTHDOWN the area between Onehunga, East Tamaki and To ensure that the transport network can 130,000 6,000 FREIGHT employees heavy vehicle TERMINAL the Airport. This area is an industrial hub that continue to support this growing movement of (2nd largest area in movements per Key rail/road freight Auckland behind day along Church interchange employs over 130,000 people and generates people and goods, the NZ Transport Agency and the CBD) Street more than $10 billion a year in GDP. This area is Auckland Transport are working together on the engine room of New Zealand’s industrial and the East West Connections programme. Contributes $ % 10BILLION 16 per year GDP of Auckland’s GDP

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