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NZTA completes first stage of Warkworth improvements
A blessing at first light led by local iwi marked the formal completion of the first stage of the NZ Transport Agency’s improvements to State Highway 1 in Warkworth in early October.
The upgrade at the intersections of Woodcocks and Whitaker Roads will provide safer access for Warkworth residents across their community, and improve highway travel between Auckland and Northland and to the eastern beaches.
The project was blessed by Ngati Whatua Nga Rima o Kaipara and Ngati Manuhiri at the dawn ceremony attended by then Rodney Mayor Penny Webster, the NZTA’s regional director for Auckland, Wayne McDonald, the NZTA’s project partners (HEB Construction and Opus), and local stakeholders and residents. A kowhai tree, symbolic of Warkworth’s position as the centre of the district’s Kowhai Coast, was planted by guests in the grounds of Mahurangi College.
The improvements, involving both the NZTA and Rodney District Council, include new traffic signals at the two intersections, widening the state highway, changes to the road layout, and safer access for walkers and cyclists. The project also included the relocation of water, sewerage and communication services and undergrounding power lines.
The NZTA acknowledged the support of Warkworth for a project that had faced a number of construction challenges and wet winters. “We are aware of the impact that this project has had on the community and we thank everyone for their patience and cooperation while we have worked to complete the highway improvements and upgrade the services for the council,” said Mr McDonald.
Mayor Penny Webster thanked the NZTA and its contractors for improvements that benefit Warkworth and local distance travellers. “As we, as a council, come to the end of our time, it is fitting that it should coincide with the end of one of the more ambitious and challenging roading projects in our district,” she said.
The NZTA is due to start work on the next two stages of the Warkworth improvements – upgrades of the Hudson Road and Hill Street intersections – in autumn 2011. “It makes sense that when some outstanding issues regarding both these upgrades are resolved that the two stages are then developed as one,” says Mr McDonald. “Both Warkworth itself and traffic volumes are growing, and the NZTA remains committed to the next stage of improvements.”