NZTA says Vic Park flyover ready for Monday's big change
8 January 2012
One of the most significant changes to Auckland driving conditions for half a century will be made tomorrow morning (Monday 9 January) when the NZ Transport Agency opens the Victoria Park flyover on State Highway 1 in a new layout to carry four lanes of southbound traffic.
Advice for drivers as NZTA tackles 'big 3' over Christmas
22 December 2011
While Auckland commuters plan their summer escape, the NZ Transport Agency is reminding them to allow more time for their journey and to take extra care as it tackles three significant motorway works over the Christmas holidays.
NZTA keeping Wellington Street on-ramp closed for now
24 November 2011
The NZ Transport Agency has deferred a decision on re-opening Auckland's Wellington Street on-ramp until after the Victoria Park Tunnel Project is completed next year. The on-ramp feeds central city traffic to the northbound lanes of State Highway 1.
Historic Auckland pub to be 'gift wrapped' for Christmas
23 November 2011
There is more to the hotel's wrapping, however, than entering into the spirit of Christmas. The old pub, which is being refurbished by its owner the NZ Transport Agency as part of the Victoria Park Tunnel project, will be swathed in plastic to weatherproof it while the building's roof is replaced over the next six weeks.
NZTA asks for patience with new tunnel
15 November 2011
The NZ Transport Agency is reminding motorists to drive with care and patience on their evening commute through the new Victoria Park Tunnel.
NZTA thanks Auckland as traffic flows through Victoria Park Tunnel
14 November 2011
Traffic is flowing smoothly through Auckland's Victoria Park Tunnel, which opened at 4.48am today - three months earlier than scheduled. By 9am an estimated 10,000 vehicles had used the tunnel.
Fine weather bodes well for tunnel opening
11 November 2011
With fine weather forecast for most of the weekend the NZ Transport Agency is looking forward to carrying out the final road works needed to connect the Victoria Park Tunnel with State Highway 1 and opening the tunnel to two lanes of traffic on the morning of Monday 14 November - three months ahead of schedule.
NZTA reminds drivers to plan ahead to avoid Vic Park congestion
9 November 2011
As the final stage of work to get the Victoria Park Tunnel ready for traffic nears completion, the NZ Transport Agency reminds drivers to plan their journeys to avoid motorway congestion through the central motorway junction in Auckland this coming weekend.
NZTA advises drivers to expect congestion during final push to open Vic Park Tunnel
7 November 2011
NZ Transport Agency is advising drivers to chose alternative routes and avoid the motorway congestion through central Auckland this weekend because of intensive works to complete the Victoria Park tunnel.
PM opens Auckland's motorway tunnel under Victoria Park
29 October 2011
Auckland's $340 million Victoria Park Tunnel was officially opened this morning (Saturday 29 October) three months ahead of schedule by Prime Minister John Key.
Backgrounder: works to open the tunnel
27 October 2011
Two of the Victoria Park Tunnel’s three lanes will open early on Monday 14 November, at the end of a weekend of intensive work to connect the northbound motorway lanes to the tunnel approach.
NZTA’s unique Victoria Park Tunnel walk fully booked
25 October 2011
There has been an overwhelming community response to the invitation from the NZ Transport Agency to take a once-in-a-lifetime walk through the Victoria Park Tunnel before it opens to traffic and the event is fully booked out.
NZTA changing Auckland's skyline through St Marys Bay
28 July 2011
The skyline at the northern entrance to Auckland's CBD will start to change in August when the NZ Transport Agency installs the framework or truss for a new footbridge over the State Highway 1 motorway in St Marys Bay as part of the Victoria Park Tunnel project.
NZTA puts lid on the Victoria Park Tunnel
5 July 2011
The Victoria Park Tunnel structure in central Auckland was completed during the weekend when the last of 366 beams weighing 30-tonnes each were placed over the final opening in the roof.
Wellington St on-ramp closing Sunday to speed up Vic Park work
27 April 2011
Central Auckland's Wellington Street motorway on-ramp is closing on Sunday night (1 May) and the NZ Transport Agency says the seven month-long closure will help it deliver the Victoria Park Tunnel project to drivers ahead of schedule.
Rob Roy Hotel arrives home early and safely
13 April 2011
The NZ Transport Agency says one of Auckland's oldest pubs - the Rob Roy Hotel - has been returned safely to its original site opposite Victoria Park west of the city's CBD.
Rob Roy Hotel halfway home
12 April 2011
The NZ Transport Agency says the first stage of the operation to shift the Rob Roy Hotel - one of Auckland's oldest pubs - back to its original sight opposite Victoria Park west of the city's CBD has been completed successfully.
Moving the Rob Roy Hotel back
11 April 2011
The 125-year-old Rob Roy Hotel in Freemans Bay will be moved back to its original location tomorrow, Tuesday, and Wednesday (12 and 13 April). The move will start at approximately 7.30 am and is expected to take at least two days. Work will finish at approximately 6pm each day.
NZTA to resume Rob Roy Hotel's "pub crawl"
8 April 2011
The historic Rob Roy Hotel, being protected by the NZ Transport Agency as part of the Victoria Park Tunnel project in central Auckland, will be returned next Tuesday and Wednesday (12 and 13 April) to the exact spot it was built on 125 years ago. Only now, that spot is on the roof of the motorway tunnel.
Vic Park Tunnel speeding towards early finish
7 April 2011
Drivers can start using the Auckland's Victoria Park Tunnel in central Auckland this November, months earlier than planned as the NZ Transport Agency's $340m project to ease motorway congestion in the central city area heads towards an early finish.
Weekend closure of motorway links to advance tunnel project
16 February 2011
The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists that essential work on the Victoria Park Tunnel project is likely to cause delays for those leaving central Auckland this weekend (18-21 February).
NZTA's Vic Park team leads harbour clean-up
15 February 2011
The NZ Transport Agency's Victoria Park Tunnel Alliance team is leading a clean-up of the Waitemata Harbour at Westhaven this Wednesday night (16 February) by removing several large blocks of concrete from the sea which have been an annoyance for local residents and fishers for more than 30 years.
Late-night drivers advised to plan for motorway closures
14 January 2011
There will be full and partial night time closures of a section of Auckland's northern motorway [State Highway 1] through St Marys Bay starting next week due to safety work relating to the NZ Transport Agency's Victoria Park Tunnel project.
NZTA re-opening Wellington Street on-ramp
13 December 2010
The NZ Transport Agency will re-open the Wellington Street motorway on ramp in central Auckland this Wednesday (15 December).
Wellington Street on ramp closure extended
29 November 2010
The NZ Transport Agency will defer the opening the Wellington Street motorway on ramp in central Auckland until mid-December to allow Auckland Transport (AT) to make necessary safety improvements.
Light at end of Victoria Park Tunnel
26 November 2010
Excavation of the Victoria Park motorway tunnel will reach an important milestone at approximately 2pm on Monday (29 November) when diggings north and south of Beaumont Street in central Auckland meet.
NZTA's makeover prepares kindy for its second century
7 October 2010
Exactly 100 years after its official opening, Auckland's historic Campbell Free Kindergarten building in Victoria Park is being made over for another century of use.
Tunnel excavation underway this week
9 September 2010
The massive task of removing 160,000 cubic metres of rock and earth to form the trench for the Victoria Park Tunnel is underway -enough to fill a hole eight stories deep and as large as a rugby field.
Old Aucklander on the move after 124 years
19 August 2010
An historic Auckland landmark is ready for its historic move: the 124-year-old Rob Roy Hotel - also known as the Birdcage - will move on Tuesday 31 August so that it is out of the way of construction of the Victoria Park Tunnel.
On-ramp closure as Vic Park tunnel construction accelerates
11 August 2010
A three-month closure of the Wellington Street motorway on ramp will affect all traffic between the CBD and the North Shore.
On-ramp closure as Vic Park tunnel construction accelerates
21 July 2010
Construction of the Victoria Park motorway tunnel in central Auckland is reaching a critical stage, and the NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists that the Wellington Street on-ramp will be closed for approximately three months so that supporting walls for the southern approach to the tunnel can be built.
Kindergarten future secured
3 June 2010
NZ Transport Agency and Auckland City Council joint media release.
First section of Vic Park tunnel gets cover
28 May 2010
The first of more than 360 roof sections of the Victoria Park Tunnel have been placed into position, less than two months after the tunnel construction began.
NZTA plans Vic Park street moves
4 May 2010
The layout of roads and footpaths at the busy Victoria Street West and Franklin Road intersection in central Auckland are being changed so that construction of the NZ Transport Agency's Victoria Park tunnel can start at the intersection.
Permanent home for Birdcage Tavern confirmed
12 February 2010
The NZ Transport Agency has confirmed plans to return the historic Birdcage Tavern to near its original site when the Victoria Park Tunnel project is completed in 2012.
Construction underway on Victoria Park Tunnel project
9 November 2009
Construction on the Victoria Park Tunnel project is now underway, with Transport Minister Steven Joyce shifting the first soil at a ceremony this morning.
