Plan for Northwestern closures at Waterview
Drivers are being advised by the NZ Transport Agency to plan for overnight closures along Auckland’s Northwestern
Motorway (State Highway 16) this week for necessary work linked to the construction of the tunnels and interchange at
Waterview.
The Transport Agency says the planned closures are linked to the current series of highway motorway improvements to
connect the Northwestern and Southwestern (SH20) motorways and complete the Western Ring Route.
The closures are happening overnight when traffic volumes are lightest to reduce disruption to people travelling. The
time of the closures varies. Detours are in place for drivers at each location.
Monday, 23 March:
• Full motorway closure westbound from the St Lukes interchange for drainage works. The St Lukes westbound on-ramp will
also be closed (11pm-5am).
• Great North Road westbound on-ramp closed for interchange construction work (9pm-5am).
• Great North Road east, or city bound exit closed for preparation work to re-align traffic lanes (9pm-5am)
Tuesday, 24 March
• Full motorway closure westbound from the St Lukes interchange for drainage works. The St Lukes westbound on-ramp will
also be closed (11pm-5am).
• Great North Road westbound on-ramp closed for interchange construction work (9pm-5m)
• Great North Road east, or city bound exit closed for traffic re-alignment (9pm-5am)
Wednesday, 25 March
• Full motorway closure westbound from the St Lukes interchange to install motorway gantries. The westbound on ramp at
St Lukes will also be closed (11pm-5am)
• Great North Road westbound on-ramp closed for interchange construction work (9pm-5am)
• Great North Road east, or city bound exit closed for traffic re-alignment (9pm-5am)
Thursday, 26 March
• Full motorway closure westbound from the St Lukes interchange to install motorway gantries. The westbound on ramp at
St Lukes will also be closed (11pm-5am)
• Great North Road westbound on-ramp closed for interchange construction work (9pm-5am)
Connecting the Southwestern and Northwestern Motorways at Waterview will complete Auckland’s Western Ring Route, a
47-kilometre-long motorway between Albany on the North Shore and Manukau in the south.
The Waterview Connection project is planned to open to traffic in early 2017. It is being delivered by the
Well-Connected Alliance which includes the Transport Agency, Fletcher Construction, McConnell Dowell, Parsons
Brinckerhoff, Beca Infrastructure, Tonkin & Taylor and Japanese construction company Obayashi Corporation. Sub-alliance partners are Auckland-based Wilson
Tunnelling and Spanish tunnel controls specialists SICE.
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