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Night Time Vic Park Disruption
There will be full and partial night time closures of a section of Auckland’s Northern motorway (SH1) through St Marys Bay starting next week due to safety work...
Auckland’s Year In Transition
AKT expanded to cover some Auckland issues in 2010 - and just as well as the transition to a Super City council and the plans for transport in the new council...
Bridge Approaches Closed
SH1 between the Auckland Harbour Bridge and the Central Motorway Junction will be closed on 5 consecutive nights starting this Sunday for essential work associated...
Wellington St On ramp Opening Delayed
The Wellington Street motorway on ramp in central Auckland won’t now open until December 14. The on ramp, which links the centre of the Auckland CBD with...
Victoria Park Tunnel Breaks Through
Excavation of the Victoria Park motorway tunnel will reach an important milestone at 2pm on Monday when diggings north and south of Beaumont Street in central Auckland...
Govt: Road Network Top Priority
The associate transport minister told a conference this afternoon that the government sees the road network as :the core of the transport sector and a top priority.” A...
SH1 Closed for Sign Lift
SH1 around St Marys Bay is going to be closed through Monday nights so that a gantry to support a motorway sign can be lifted into place. SH1 in both directions...
Queen Vic Wouldn’t Be Amused
Tired, tacky, quite frankly embarrassing. Is anything ever going to be done to the 1905 former Auckland City rubbish destructor site developed as a leading Auckland...
Old Kindy Houses Tunnel Plant
Part of the old Campbells kindergarten being restored as part of the Victoria Park tunnel project will house the standby electrical and communications systems for...
Pic: Vic Park Excavations
The Birdcage Rob Roy Tavern seems settled in its new perch and work is under way on preparing to build a 700 metre trench for the Victoria Park tunnel. The depth...
Campbell Kindy Gets Some Love
Now the Birdcage Rob Roy Tavern has been safely moved, it’s heart-warming to see its bordered up, rundown, graffiti-hit sister over the road get attention. The...
Vic Park Tunnel Excavation Starts
The massive task of removing 160,000 cubic metres of rock and earth to form the trench for the Victoria Park Tunnel is underway – enough to fill a hole eight stories...
Rob Roy Gets New Home Base
It took an extra day for the the 124-year old historic Freemans Bay Rob Roy tavern to be slowly moved to its new home - 40 metres up the road. The NZTA’s...
Rob Roy Now 28 Metres Along
Contractors have made excellent progress moving Auckland‘s Rob Roy Hotel 9 metres this morning, and the historic building is now 28 metres along the journey to...
Rob Roy Shift Resuming
Day 2 and can they finish her this time? After work was stopped moving the historic Rob Roy tavern last night, workers are arriving back at the site this morning...
Videos: Rob Roy Tavern Move
Here are videos of Freemans Bay’s heritage hotel, the old Birdcage or Rob Roy tavern, in its very slow journey to a temporary site to allow necessary work...
Rob Roy Move Starts
NZTA has begun the slow meticulous process of shifting the heritage Freemans Bay Rob Roy hotel up the road to allow progress for the Victoria Park tunnel. The hotel...
Rob Roy Move A 6 Hour Job
NZTA is hoping the slow move of the Rob Roy tavern to a temporary home 50 metres away on this coming Tuesday will take between 6 and 10 hours. It’s planed...
Chaos Starts Monday
Auckland’s inner city traffic stress starts on Monday and it will be fascinating to see how motorists cope. The Wellington Street motorway on-ramp closes then...
Rob Roy Move Date Set
The date has been set for moving Freemans Bay’s 124-year-old Rob Roy Hotel (Birdcage) 40 metres so that it’s out of the way of construction of the Victoria...
Motorway Closure Will Test Motorists
NZTA is warning that motorists may not realise the planned three-month closure of the Wellington Street motorway on ramp for Victoria Park tunnel work will affect...
How Rob Roy Tavern Will Be Moved
Moving the Freemans Bay Rob Roy (Birdcage) tavern 40 metres up Franklin Road to make way for the construction of the Victoria Tunnel’s southern portal is about...
Wellington St Off Ramp To Close
Next month, the busy Wellington Street on-ramp will be closed for around 3 months so that supporting walls for the southern approach to the Victoria Park tunnel...
Auck Motorway Projects Update
Here’s an update from NZTA of all the hectic motorway projects and progress in the next few months leading up to Christmas. The duplicate Manukau Harbour...
Move It On Up In A Day
NZTA say the moving of the Freemans Bay Rob Roy (Birdcage) tavern up the road from the Victoria Park tunnel project construction will now take less than a day. The...
