9 June 2016 | Transmission Gully Project | Media release
As work ramps up on Transmission Gully motorway,Motorway, traffic management is being put in place to support safety around a number of additional site access points along State Highway 1.
Motorists will have already noticed the establishment of an access point off the southbound lane of the Johnsonville-Porirua motorway at Linden, at the southern end of the project.
In the next phase of works concrete barriers will be extended further in both directions along this southbound lane to support additional work along this edge of motorway.
Another access point is also now being created from the northbound lane, at the rear of Kenepuru Drive, where travellers along State Highway 1 may already have noticed significant vegetation clearance has been undertaken as the forerunner to establishing this site access.
At Paekakariki, a site access point is being established at 350 State Highway 1 (next to the former Car Haulaways site). This will be the main access point for both heavy and light vehicles servicing the northern end of the project. In order to establish this access, the shoulder width will be reduced in both lanes to support the entry and exit of construction vehicles.
“Because we know this stretch of State Highway 1 is popular with cyclists, we will be constructing dedicated paths behind concrete barriers alongside the roadway in both directions to provide safe passage for cyclists and any pedestrians past our work zone,” says Transmission Gully Motorway Project Director Boyd Knights.
The speed limit will also be reduced at all of the project site access points to minimise any potential conflicts between construction vehicles and the travelling public.
“Each of these access points is critical for bringing in plant and materials to support construction of the Transmission Gully Motorway,” says Mr Knights. “Our objective is to minimise any disruptions for the public while ensuring our construction traffic is entering and exiting the site in a way that is safe for everyone.
“The traffic management in these areas is designed to reduce any potential conflict between motorists and construction vehicles. We ask that motorists please obey all signage – it is there for your safety and ours.”
Additionally, at the Pauatahanui Roundabout on State Highway 58, the two lanes of traffic approaching from Haywards Hill have been reduced down to one lane. The roundabout facilitates entry into the main project site office and the lane reduction will improve driver visibility and safety for all roundabout users.