NZTA shares 'emerging preferred corridor' for multi-billion-dollar Northland expressway

The Northland expressway will connect in to the existing Pūhoi to Warkworth highway. (Image: NX2)

Wed, 23 Apr 2025

Transport officials have shared an early preferred route for the remainder of the Northland expressway, one of the single largest transport projects in New Zealand.The 100-kilometre corridor connecting Whangārei and Auckland has been broken into three sections: Warkworth to Te Hana, Te Hana to Port Marsden Highway, including an alternative to the current slip-prone Brynderwyns section of State Highway 1, and Port Marsden Highway to Whangārei.The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) hasn’t released recent costings for the full corridor, but said las...

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