PHOTO: MARK COOTE Transmission Gully, looking east, with progress captured in September, 2019.
“Considerable” delays could see the Transmission Gully motorway only just make a 2020 opening.
Construction began on the 27 kilometre-long road in 2015, with April 2020 initially touted as the month traffic would finally flow onto four-lanes connecting Linden in north Wellington to Paekakariki on the Kapiti Coast.
Earlier this year, the New Zealand Transport Association (NZTA) agreed to one-month extension of the $850 million project’s planned completion date – to May 2020 – but didn’t rule out more delays.
Now the extent of the delays have been revealed. In a Porirua City Council (PCC) meeting on Thursday, council staff said they were told NZTA was now thinking about opening the motorway in November.
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