Works are beginning on the $115 million Longswamp section of the Government’s $2.1 billion Waikato Expressway.
It is the final piece of the Government’s $2.1 billion project and this section is expected to complete in 2018.
This section involves widening and upgrading State Highway 1 between Hampton Downs and the Rangiriri Interchange to four lanes, with improved local road connections and a new local road overbridge.
Transport Minister Simon Bridges turned the sod on the seventh and last section on October 14.
“This marks a significant milestone for the Waikato Expressway with all the remaining sections now under construction,” says Bridges.
“Completing the Expressway in 2020 will reduce congestion and unlock economic potential by providing stronger links between the business and agricultural centres of Auckland and the Waikato, as well as the Bay of Plenty,” he says.
“This project will not only benefit businesses, but it will also provide commuters, tourists and all those travelling between Auckland and Hamilton a safer and more efficient connection,” says Bridges.
