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Waterview Tunnel Project
CASE STUDY GOING UNDERGROUND: THE Waterview Tunnel Project CLIENT: Well-Connected Alliance LOCATION: Waterview, West/Central Auckland SPECIALIST COATING TEAM: Topcoat Specialist Coatings Ltd PRODUCTS: Ceramicoat, UK Sikagard Wallcoat T, Sika (NZ) Ltd Emerstop crème, Concrete Plus TOTAL AREAS COMPLETED: Sika wall Gard T - Ceiling/Sikafoor 2540W floors 95,600m² Ceramicoat - walls 44,500m² Emer crème - Motorway T beam columns 7,000m² Topcoat Specialist Coatings Ltd played a key role in the successful coating – in a brighter shade – demarcates the side-walls and completion of one of New Zealand’s largest infrastructure guides the way for drivers. For additional safety, a total of 18 projects – the NZ Transport Agency’s Waterview Connection in cross-passages linking the south and north-bound tunnels Auckland. A specially-commissioned Topcoat team worked on the needed to be coated in safety green. large-scale and complex project for more than two years. It was Exacting requirements a collaborative effort; and along with the other key contractors Following a rigorous tender process, Topcoat was chosen as and suppliers, they were proud to celebrate the tunnel’s opening the preferred specialist coating applicator. in mid-2017. Topcoat already had a successful track record in tunnel About the Waterview Connection projects; having previously worked on the Johnstones Hill Designed to help ease Auckland’s growing traffic congestion, the tunnels in Puhoi, and Wellington’s Arras tunnel. Waterview Connection comprises two 3-lane motorway tunnels, both 2.4km long. Coupled with the Great North Road Interchange, it completes the Western Ring Route – which is one of the NZ Government’s roads of national significance (RoNS). -
The Waterview Connection Legacy
JUNE 2017 THE WATERVIEW CONNECTION LEGACY Te Whitinga – the crossing PUBLIC OPENING EVENTS A ceremonial opening on Sunday 18 June will be followed by public open days to allow people the chance to experience the tunnel up close before opening to traffic. 60,500 tickets have been snapped up for the public open days which will take place over the next two weeks. The Well-Connected Alliance has Waterview Reserve Playground Howlett Reserve Walkway been working through schools directly affected by the project to ensure as many children as possible get a chance to walk The Waterview Connection is set to open in early July 2017 into the tunnel. “Interest in the project is so high The $1.4 billion dollar NZ Transport Agency project, New Zealand’s largest and most right across the city that I doubt even ambitious project ever, will soon open for vehicles heralding the biggest catalyst for change 200,000 tickets would be enough meet in Auckland since the Harbour Bridge was built in 1959. the demand,” says Alliance Project Manager Iain Simmons. “We’re extremely proud to deliver this world- “It’s my belief that our collaborative effort with “With demand so high, we’ve had class project to Auckland which will progress the local residents and other key stakeholders has to find the best way to use the few way that people move in and around this city,” been crucial to achieving outstanding results for tickets we have most effectively. We says Iain Simmons, Alliance Project Manager. local communities. It’s an approach that all other thought using local schools would infrastructure projects should commit to and “This is a landmark moment for this truly give us the furthest reach into our actively pursue,” he says. -
Before the Taranaki Regional Council and New Plymouth District Council Mt Messenger Bypass Project
BEFORE THE TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL AND NEW PLYMOUTH DISTRICT COUNCIL MT MESSENGER BYPASS PROJECT In the matter of the Resource Management Act 1991 and In the matter of applications for resource consents, and a notice of requirement by the NZ Transport Agency for an alteration to the State Highway 3 designation in the New Plymouth District Plan, to carry out the Mt Messenger Bypass Project STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF MICHAEL CAMPBELL COPELAND (ECONOMICS) ON BEHALF OF THE NZ TRANSPORT AGENCY 25 May 2018 Barristers and Solicitors Wellington Solicitors Acting: Paul Beverley / David Allen / Thaddeus Ryan Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Tel 64-4-499 4242 Fax 64-4-499 4141 PO Box 2694 DX SP20201 Wellington 6140 TABLE OF CONTENTS QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE .................................................................... 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................... 3 BACKGROUND AND ROLE ..................................................................................... 4 SCOPE OF EVIDENCE ............................................................................................ 4 ECONOMICS AND THE RMA .................................................................................. 4 THE NEW PLYMOUTH DISTRICT AND TARANAKI REGIONAL ECONOMIES ...... 6 THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT .................................................... 11 RESPONSE TO SUBMISSIONS AND SECTION 42A REPORT ON ECONOMIC IMPACTS .............................................................................................................. -
Before a Board of Inquiry Northern Corridor Improvements Project
Before a Board of Inquiry Northern Corridor Improvements Project Under the Resource Management Act 1991 (‘the Act’) In the matter of a Board of Inquiry appointed under section 149J of the Act to consider notices of requirement for designations and resource consent applications by the New Zealand Transport Agency for the Northern Corridor Improvements Project Statement of evidence of Shannon Bray for the New Zealand Transport Agency (Urban design, landscape and visual) Dated 20 April 2017 KENSINGTON SWAN 18 Viaduct Harbour Avenue Ph +64 9 379 4196 Private Bag 92101 Fax +64 9 309 4276 Auckland 1142 DX CP22001 Solicitor: C M Sheard/N McIndoe [email protected]/[email protected] 1 Table of contents 1 Qualifications and experience 2 2 Involvement with the Project 3 3 Code of conduct 4 4 Scope of evidence 4 5 Executive summary 5 6 Methodology 7 7 Project description 7 8 Landscape context 8 9 Policy context 10 10 Design process (urban design and landscape) 10 11 Urban design assessment 14 12 Landscape effects assessment 22 13 Visual effects assessment 26 14 Response to submissions 47 15 Response to section 149G(3) key issues report 55 16 Conclusions 56 List of Annexures 58 Annexure A: Urban Design and Landscape Framework 59 Annexure B: Colliston Rise Map and Cross Sections 60 Annexure C:Plans, Cross Sections and 3D Digital Model of SH18 61 6270488 2 STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF SHANNON BRAY FOR THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY 1 Qualifications and experience 1.1 My full name is Shannon Bray. 1.2 I am the director and owner of my own landscape architectural practice, Shannon Bray Ltd, in Hawke’s Bay, and have been in this position since June 2016. -
Before a Board of Inquiry East West Link Project
BEFORE A BOARD OF INQUIRY EAST WEST LINK PROJECT UNDER the Resource Management Act 1991 (the RMA) AND IN THE MATTER OF Notices of requirement for designation and resource consent applications by the NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY for the East West Link Project STATEMENT OF PRIMARY EVIDENCE OF DARREN WU ON BEHALF OF THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY Construction Traffic Impacts Dated: 12 April 2017 Barristers and Solicitors Auckland Solicitor Acting: Pat Mulligan Email: [email protected] Tel 64 9 358 2555 Fax 64 9 358 2055 PO Box 1433 DX CP24024 Auckland 1140 CONTENTS 1. SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE 1 2. INTRODUCTION 3 3. CODE OF CONDUCT 4 4. SCOPE OF EVIDENCE 4 5. OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT AND MY ROLE 4 6. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY 5 7. EXISTING ENVIRONMENT 8 8. ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS AND PROPOSED MITIGATION 10 9. RESPONSE TO SUBMISSIONS 19 10. CONCLUSION 30 BF\56808835\9 1. SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE 1.1 I have assessed the Construction Traffic Impacts from the Project based on the proposed construction activities as described in Section 7 of the AEE for the Project. I undertook my assessment on the assumption that a Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) and Site Specific Traffic Management Plans (SSTMPs) would be produced. Overall I consider that the effects can be effectively managed to ensure safety and minimise disruption through the implementation of the management plans. 1.2 All temporary traffic management is governed by the Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management (CoPTTM) and any proposed work must have an approved SSTMP from the relevant Road Controlling Authority. -
Nw-Bus-Improvement-Feedback-Report.Pdf
Your feedback on: Public transport improvements for the northwest Public feedback report: Public transport improvements for the northwest Contents Acknowledgement .............................................................................................................................. 1 1. Summary .................................................................................................................... 1 Overview of feedback ........................................................................................................................ 2 Responses to tick-box questions .................................................................................................. 2 Top 10 feedback themes from all questions ................................................................................. 3 Project decisions ................................................................................................................................ 4 Next steps .......................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Background ................................................................................................................ 5 What did we seek feedback on? ........................................................................................................ 5 Why did we propose these improvements? ....................................................................................... 5 3. Feedback activities ................................................................................................... -
A Tale of Two Tunnels That Is Setting New Best-Practice Standards
FOCUS >> The Waterview Connection A tale of two tunnels that is setting new best-practice standards New Zealand’s biggest road project underwent extremely rigorous economic and risk assessment procedures before the final contracts were signed, Jenny Pretorius reports he NZ$1.4 billion Waterview Connection project currently Tbeing built by the Well- Connected Alliance provided a series of unique uncertainties, risks and challenges for the project’s owner, the NZ Transport Agency. The usual construction and peripheral pressures associated with large-scale construction work such as building a major inner-city road were compounded by a variety of other factors not often seen in local projects. These included the project’s complex underground tunnel con- struction component, the length of the tunnels that required specialised fire and life-safety features and the fact that construction was taking place in a built-up urban area with major traffic issues and a sensitive cultural, physical, and social environment. The competitive alliance Artist’s impression of appearance of junction on south end procurement method offered the best option to minimise the risks, achieve Images courtesy of NZ Transport Agency, Well-Connected Alliance complete certainty with respect to outcomes and optimise value for money, according to one of the decision making is key to ensuring “The commercial model and Sharing risks and rewards key experts involved in the tender the selection of an appropriate alliance principles inherent in The cost of transferring risk is -
Waterview Precinct Plan Te Mahere-Ā-Rohenga O Waterview April 2013
Waterview Precinct Plan Te Mahere-ā-Rohenga o Waterview April 2013 Albert-Eden Local Board Auckland Council He Mihi/Greeting Ko te muriwai o Te Waitematā he tirohanga wai, he pou herenga waka. Kia tū au ki Te Rae ka tiro whakaroto, ko te ara e tūhono ai te uru ki te puku o te tipua nei o Tāmaki Makaurau. Ka tahuri atu au, ka rere ki te whitinga rā, ko te pare karauna o taku tupuna o Wairaka. Ka hoki ake au mā ngā ara kore puehu te takahitanga a te tini, te whakarerenga mahara o te rahi. Kia tū au i te ngutu awa o Te Whau, ka titiro whakawaho ko Te Rae ko te muriwai o Te Waitematā. Ko Tāmaki Makaurau – herehere waka. Kia mahue ake me te kī, “Ko te tai te pari ake nei, ehara i te ngaru whakaheke ākau, engari he tai whakapiki tangata te eke mai ki tēnei pae tawhiti me te kawea mai ki uta, i runga i te tūmanako me te moemoeā”. Nau mai ki te pera urunga i moea ai e rātou kua tau noa mai. The backwater of the Waitematā is a water view and the mooring place of canoes. From the headland that is Pt Chevalier I can observe, the pathway that joins the West to the core of the city that is Auckland. Turning, I fly to the rising sun and the jewel in the crown that is my ancestress Wairaka, that is Mt Albert. Then, shall I return by dustless roads traversed by many and bearing the memories of even more. -
AUCKLAND ICONIC STRUCTURES Session One Thursday 2 August Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall
AUCKLAND ICONIC STRUCTURES Session one Thursday 2 August Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall Proudly sponsored by Photo: NZTA Photo: ChewyPineapple Photo: Join us to celebrate a momentous 100 years of our Auckland Branch, marked by the first of a series of presentations to tell the history of engineering some of the city’s most recognisable structures. PROGRAMME Guests arrival and registration check-in 4.45 – 5pm Drinks, canapés and networking, with screening of Auckland 5 – 5.40pm Harbour Bridge video & Waterview Tunnel Opening by MC, with welcome speech by organising committee 540 – 5.45pm Words from our platinum sponsor, Tonkin + Taylor 5.45 – 5.50pm Presentation: Auckland Town Hall Trevor Robertson 5.50 – 6.15pm George Farrant, heritage expert 6.15 – 6.25pm Presentation: Waterview Tunnel Peter Spies, NZ Transport Agency 6.25 – 6.50pm Mark Foster, Tonkin + Taylor 6.50 – 7.10pm Presentation: Auckland Harbour Bridge Will Pank, Beca 7.10 – 7.35pm Brian Wilson FEngNZ 7.35 – 8pm Proudly sponsored by AUCKLAND TOWN HALL The Auckland Town Hall, one of New Zealand’s premier heritage buildings, re-opened on 14 December 2011 after extensive strengthening. This historic building on Queen Street, in downtown Auckland, is known for its original and ongoing use for Council meeting and functions, as well as for its famed Great Hall and separate Concert Chamber. The Town Hall and its surrounding context is highly protected as a ‘Category A’ heritage place in the city’s District Plan. Its interior was extensively restored from 1994–1997 for NZ$33 million, partially because the unreinforced masonry structure did not meet earthquake standards, especially as a gathering place. -
AP Scenario Evaluation Workstream
TECHNICAL REPORT: SCENARIO EVALUATION Attachment 2 - Technical Documents ELFYN HENDERSON September 2011 This document does not represent the policy of the Auckland Council. This document is policy advice considered in the drafting of the Auckland Plan. Auckland Plan Scenario Evaluation Workstream Attachment 2: Technical Documents September 2011 Auckland Plan Scenario Evaluation Workstream Attachment 2, September 2011 Contents 1 Maximum density maps - residential ............................................................................................ 3 2 Maximum density maps - employment ......................................................................................... 4 3 Transport approach in each scenario ............................................................................................ 5 4 Detailed list of transport projects ................................................................................................ 17 5 ASP Input Model Assumptions .................................................................................................... 28 6 ART3 Model Structure and Assumptions ..................................................................................... 29 7 ART3 Transport and TDM assumptions ....................................................................................... 34 Auckland Plan Scenario Evaluation Workstream Attachment 2, September 2011 1 Maximum density maps - residential Auckland Plan Scenario Evaluation Workstream Attachment 2, September 2011 2 Maximum density maps - -
Before a Board of Inquiry East West Link Project
BEFORE A BOARD OF INQUIRY EAST WEST LINK PROJECT UNDER the Resource Management Act 1991 (the RMA) AND IN THE MATTER OF Notices of requirement for designation and resource consent applications by the NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY for the East West Link Project STATEMENT OF PRIMARY EVIDENCE OF ANDREW PETER MURRAY ON BEHALF OF THE NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY Traffic and Transportation Dated: 12 April 2017 Barristers and Solicitors Auckland Solicitor Acting: Pat Mulligan Email: [email protected] Tel 64 9 358 2555 Fax 64 9 358 2055 PO Box 1433 DX CP24024 Auckland 1140 CONTENTS 1. SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE 1 2. INTRODUCTION 4 3. CODE OF CONDUCT 5 4. SCOPE OF EVIDENCE 5 PART A: PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVES 6 5. OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT AND MY ROLE 6 6. ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVES 12 7. CONSULTATION AND MITIGATION BY DESIGN 17 PART B: ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS 19 8. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY 19 9. EXISTING AND FUTURE TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT 25 10. ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS ON TRAVEL TIMES, TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY AND TRAFFIC FLOWS 35 11. EFFECTS ON ACCESS 44 12. IMPACT ON PARKING 48 13. IMPACT ON THE RAIL NETWORK 50 14. ASSESSMENT OF WALKING AND CYCLING EFFECTS 52 15. ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT EFFECTS (BUS) 52 16. SAFETY PERFORMANCE 53 PART C: RESPONSES 54 17. RESPONSE TO AUCKLAND COUNCIL'S 149 ISSUES REPORT/OTHER REPORTS 54 18. RESPONSE TO SUBMISSIONS 55 19. KEY ISSUES 55 20. SPECIFIC SUBMISSIONS 71 21. COMMENT ON CONDITIONS 87 22. CONCLUSION 87 ANNEXURE 1 89 ANNEXURE 2 93 ANNEXURE 3 94 ANNEXURE 4 95 ANNEXURE 5 97 ANNEXURE 6 101 ANNEXURE 7 106 ANNEXURE 8 108 BF\56816011\9 1. -
Highway Safety Ratings 2012-2016
Highway Safety Ratings 2012-2016 Tracking the safety performance of New Zealand’s State Highway network Published 2018 The New Zealand Road Assessment Programme (KiwiRAP) is a partnership between organisations committed to improving road safety and reducing the number of deaths and serious injuries on our roads. The KiwiRAP partners are: New Zealand Automobile Association (NZAA) The New Zealand Automobile Association represents over 1.6 million Members and has a strong interest in road safety. Overseas automobile clubs have pioneered the development of road assessment programmes globally and the NZAA has been able to link into that network to enable the expertise to be available to New Zealand. Ministry of Transport As the government’s principal transport policy adviser, the Ministry leads and generates policy. The Ministry is the lead agency in the development and implementation of Safer Journeys: New Zealand’s Road Safety Strategy to 2020. The government announced in April 2018 that the Road Safety Strategy to 2020 will be replaced by a new strategy that will investigate adopting the ‘vision zero’ approach to road safety. NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) A great journey is easy, safe and connected. The primary function of the NZ Transport Agency (the Transport Agency) is to promote an aff ordable, integrated, safe and responsible land transport system (Land Transport Management Act 2003). It looks after the national transport system with its partners, today and for the future. Accident Compensation Corporation The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) administers New Zealand’s accident compensation scheme, which provides personal injury cover for all New Zealand citizens, residents and temporary visitors to New Zealand.