O Mahurangi – Penlink

Key features

• Route details
  • O Mahurangi – Penlink will cross over East Coast Road and connect to SH1 with a new interchange, including south facing ramps.
  • The interchange will allow for future land development in the Wēiti area. This aligns with the Supporting Growth Programme.
  • The corridor will connect to Whangaparāoa Road at Beverley Road with a new signalised intersection. The corridor then crosses the Wēiti River on a new bridge.
  • The corridor is just north of Stillwater with a new connection for the community. The corridor then continues towards SH1 south by Ara Wēiti Road.
  • The corridor traverses both existing developed areas and greenfield areas.

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  • View aerial flyovers on our videos page
  • Learn more about the design 
  • Check out progress photos(external link)

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• Project timeline

  

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• Out of scope

  The following are not a part of the project:

  • Local road works beyond the existing design.
  • Major changes to the existing design.
  • Upgrades on the existing SH1 Northern Motorway beyond the south facing ramps.

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History of the project

• History and timeline of events

  

  • 1980: Need for a ‘Wēiti Crossing,’ or a bridge across the Wēiti River connecting Stillwater to Whangaparāoa, identified.
  • Rodney District Council decided that a corridor from East Coast Road to Whangaparāoa Peninsula was the best option.
  • The idea for the corridor became known as ‘Penlink’ (shortened from Peninsula Link).
  • 2001: The designation, construction and operational resource consents were approved for a two-lane road.
  • 2010: Auckland Transport took on the project.
  • 2014: Application lodged to alter and re-consent designation as a four-lane road.
  • 2015: Decision issued in 2015.
  • 2019: Auckland Transport found a two-lane road provides greater value for money.
  • 2020: Government announced the project as a New Zealand Upgrade Programme initiative and NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) as the delivery agent.
  • 2021: Government confirmed funding for full delivery of project.
  • 2022: HEB, Fulton Hogan, Aurecon, Tonkin + Taylor, and NZTA formed the O Mahurangi Alliance to build the project. Mana Whenua gifted the name O Mahurangi to the project.
  • 2023: Construction underway.

  View the O Mahurangi – Penlink designation boundaries [PDF, 922 KB] 

  Resource consent conditions are a list of requirements for physical infrastructure projects. These include ecological mitigation plans, landscape plans, archaeological conditions and many others.

  Read the project’s resource consent conditions [PDF, 561 KB] 

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