Drilling for new Waitematā Harbour crossing to start next year

Drilling for new Waitematā Harbour crossing to start next year
Construction on an additional Waitematā Harbour crossing is now slated for 2029. (Image: Getty)
Oliver Lewis
Contractors will start drilling boreholes under the Waitematā Harbour from early next year as planning ramps up on New Zealand’s biggest transport project.The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is currently tendering for a drilling operator to drill 39 boreholes in the harbour as part of geotechnical investigations on the additional Waitematā Harbour crossing.According to the June quarter infrastructure monitoring report from Treasury, the long-discussed project – meant to relieve constraints on the existing harbour bridge and add resilienc...

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