What to expect in your areaTe Hā Noa Victoria Street upgrade
Victoria Street West
Construction of the tree pits is progressing well, and work above ground is taking shape. Here is a look at the tree pit west of Elliott Street.
Image: Victoria Street between Elliott and Queen Street, showing construction of the new tree pits.
Paving continues on the ANZ corner and will progress up Victoria Street West towards Elliott Street.
Work will start next week on the intersection of Elliott Street and Victoria Street West. This involves laying new ducting, installing the new kerb line and paving the area.
There will be changes to pedestrian routes while we carry out this work. Please follow directions from signage and traffic controllers.
If you have any questions about construction, you can reach our contractor JFC’s Stakeholder Liaison Manager Sally Logan at sally.logan@jfcltd.co.nz or 021 420 794.
Victoria Street East
Work continues on the new footpath on the corner of Victoria Street and High Street, near Coconut Factory. We have also started on the Brand Warehouse side of High Street. We are laying ducting in the footpath and building the Northwestern corner of the speed table (there will be 4 quadrants).
Work has begun on the Albert Park side of the Kitchener Street and Victoria Street intersection. Ducting and foundations for new traffic signals are being installed. This is expected to take about a month. Once this has been completed, work will begin on the speed table at the intersection of Kitchener Street and Victoria Street. The roads will remain open during construction but there will be traffic management in place to control traffic flow.
In late July, we are planning to do some investigation works on the southern side of Victoria Street East. The main works are expected to start between Lorne and Kitchener Streets in August.
In preparation for Watercare’s Midtown Wastewater Diversion project, Watercare is hosting a drop-in session next Tuesday 9 July at Q Theatre for businesses and residents to learn more about the project and plans. Find out more about the drop-in here.
If you have any questions about construction, you can reach our contractor JFC’s Stakeholder Liaison Manager Sally Logan at sally.logan@jfcltd.co.nz or 021 420 794.
Loading zones on Victoria and Kitchener Streets
Image: Map of loading zones on Victoria and Kitchener Streets
Wellesley Street West
Wellesley Street Bus Improvements
The City Rail Link's Link Alliance and Auckland Transport's Wellesley Street Bus Improvements projects are working closely to coordinate work in this area.
Work is now underway in the southern side of Wellesley Street - Zone 1 and 4 (blue and yellow area in map below).
Image: Map of the construction zones in Wellesley Street, you can see the full size map here.
Loading zones will continue to be on Elliott Street.
Zone 1 Mayoral Drive to Bledisloe Lane: Vector works (by Stockman and Northpower) will be finished by the end of this week, allowing us to shift the traffic lanes further to the south and create working room in Zone 2. A small site office area for the Wellesley Street team will be established outside Bledisloe House.
Zone 2 Albert Street to Elliott Street: Underground service, utility investigation and CCTV works will likely commence mid/late July. Timeframes depend on the outcome of investigation works in Zone 3 commencing 8th July.
Zone 3 Elliott Street to Queen Street: Potholing for underground service and utility investigation works will commence along the footpath of Zone 3 from 8th July. These works will involve concrete breakout and the use of a hydrovac machine. Mitigations for noise and dust will be in place to help minimise disruptions. Access into all businesses will be maintained.
Zone 4 Bledisloe Lane to Queen Street: Underground utility investigations and installations along Wellesley Street between Bledisloe Lane and Queen Street are complete. Access is now open to the Civic Box Office. The team's focus is backfilling, temporary reinstatement and clean-up of this area before removing the fencing and shifting across Wellesley Street to begin works in Zone 3. Works will resume in Zone 4 later in the year.
Image: Reinstatement works in front of the Civic
Image: Snapshot of underground services in front of The Civic and Box Office
If you have any questions about construction on Wellesley Street West, please contact Downer’s Stakeholder Manager Brandy Smith at brandy.smith@downer.co.nz or 027 692 3783.
Te Waihorotiu Station - City Rail Link
Last week, City Rail Link's mana whenua partners provided karakia to mark the recent completion of the "sky element" feature on the Wellesley Street entrance building.
Made up of thousands of coloured aluminium fins, this upper façade is an expression of the tears of Ranginui (Sky Father).
Image: Wellesley Street entrance of Te Waihorotiu Station, lit up in celebration of Matariki.
Above ground, more streetscape reinstatements were completed and re-opened to the public.
Te Waihorotiu Station’s first tree planting took place this month. Read more about The Harvey Tree here.
Below ground, you can check out City Rail Link's 360-degree virtual tour of the station. Click here to take a virtual walk through the station’s architecture, concourse and platform level.
For more information about CRL progress and upcoming works see the Te Waihorotiu Station latest newsletter or view the July staging map here.
If you have any questions, contact the Link Alliance team at 0800 CRL TALK or aotea@linkalliance.co.nz
Wellesley Street East
In preparation for Watercare’s Midtown Wastewater Diversion project, Watercare is hosting a drop-in session next Tuesday 9 July at Q Theatre for businesses and residents to learn more about the project and plans. Find out more about the drop-in here.
Streetscape works continue on Albert Street between Wyndham Street and Mayoral Drive.
Paving is complete in front of the AA Building. The new footpath is open to the public. Works outside the SkyCity and Auckland Council buildings are progressing well and are set to be mostly complete in August.
Please follow the pedestrian diversions in place.
If you have any questions, contact the Link Alliance team at 0800 CRL TALK or aotea@linkalliance.co.nz
We are continuing new kerb and footpath construction at the Wyndham/Albert intersection.
A temporary one-way diversion on Wyndham Street is in place.
This week, we shift kerb and footpath construction to the south-west corner of the intersection - please follow detours in place during these reinstatement works.
Access to all properties is maintained, and Wilson Parking carparks in the area remain open.
If you have any questions, contact the Link Alliance team at 0800 CRL TALK or aotea@linkalliance.co.nz
Kingston Street
This month, we begin permanent roading reinstatement works on Kingston Street. The main public footpath has moved to the northern side of the street, where paving has been completed.
Access to Kingston Street properties and local businesses is maintained using localised diversions.
Works on Kingston Street - including at the corner of Federal Street - are expected to be mostly complete by August.
To facilitate these works, there will be some changes to on-street parking on Federal Street. Signage will be in place during this time.
If you have any questions, contact the Link Alliance team at 0800 CRL TALK or aotea@linkalliance.co.nz
Queen Street (near Mayoral Drive)
In preparation for Watercare’s Midtown Wastewater Diversion project, Watercare is hosting a drop-in session next Tuesday 9 July at Q Theatre for businesses and residents to learn more about the project and plans. Find out more about the drop-in here.
If you have any questions, please contact Watercare at midtown@water.co.nz
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