Project purpose
The Victoria Park Tunnel project involves building a 450-metre cut and cover tunnel for three lanes of northbound traffic and widening the motorway through St Marys Bay by one traffic lane in each direction. There will also be a citybound bus lane.
When the tunnel is opened in mid-2012 the Victoria Park viaduct, which now carries double the traffic it was built for, will be reconfigured to carry four lanes of southbound traffic.
Benefits
- Improved motorway capacity and safety
- Reduced congestion on Victoria Park viaduct
- Reduced travel times for freight
- Improved access to the Auckland CBD and Port
- Bus priority improvements Harbour Bridge to CBD
- Better pedestrian access from St Marys/Ponsonby to the CBD and Auckland waterfront
- Two heritage buildings - Rob Roy Hotel and Campbell Free Kindergarten - protected
- Improved residential environment as a result of noise barriers and urban design and landscaping
- New skatepark as part of Victoria Park restoration
Features
The Victoria Park Tunnel project has three main components:
- Construction of a 450-metre, three-lane, tunnel through Victoria Park for northbound traffic
- Reconfiguration of the existing Victoria Park motorway viaduct for four lanes of southbound traffic
- Motorway widening through St Marys Bay by one lane in each direction giving a total of 10 lanes, plus a citybound bus lane
Other facts
The Victoria Park Tunnel project is being delivered by the Victoria Park Alliance comprising the NZ Transport Agency, Fletcher Construction, Beca, Higgins Contractors, and Parsons Brinckerhoff.
