Full speed ahead on Northland expressway

Full speed ahead on Northland expressway
The new Northland expressway will connect Whangārei to the existing Pūhoi to Warkworth expressway. (Image: NX2)
Oliver Lewis
Transport officials plan to go to market for construction partners for the first stage of the Northland expressway in the first half of next year.New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) chair Simon Bridges, acting chief executive Brett Gliddon and other NZTA executives appeared before the Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee on Thursday.The Government agreed to take an accelerated approach to delivering the expressway, the largest single project in the revived Roads of National Significance (Rons) programme, in July. Three-i...

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