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This is a list of motorways and expressways in New Zealand, including some proposed and under construction.There are currently 416 km of motorways and expressways in New Zealand. 19 km are currently under construction, with a further 170 km expected to be completed by 2034, at which time a total of 605 km of motorway and expressway is expected.
Motorway construction recommenced in the late 1970s, to connect the Northwestern Motorway at Waterview to the Auckland city centre, bypassing Great North Road. The first section to open was in 1979, stretching 2.4 km from Newton Road (Exit 5) to Western Springs , at the current site of the eastbound on/off-ramps for St Lukes Road (Exit 6).
Of the total state highway network, New Zealand currently has 363 km (226 mi) of motorways and expressways with grade-separated access and they carry ten percent of all New Zealand traffic. The majority of the state highway network is made up of single-carriageway roads with one lane each way and at-grade access.
Roads of National Significance (RoNS) is a programme of major transport projects aimed at improving key transport corridors to enhance economic growth, productivity, and road safety in New Zealand. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The programme was first introduced in 2009 until 2017 by the Fifth National Government , [ 1 ] and reintroduced by the Sixth National ...
The Western Ring Route is a motorway system in Auckland, New Zealand.It runs along (from south to north) the entire Southwestern Motorway (State Highway 20), most of the Northwestern Motorway (part of SH 16), the entire Upper Harbour Motorway, and the entire Upper Harbour Highway (the last two forming SH 18). [1]
Carrying around 200,000 vehicles a day, it is one of the busiest stretches of road in New Zealand. [2] The central motorway junction forms the intersection between three major motorways: the Northern Motorway (SH1), the Southern Motorway (SH1), and the Northwestern Motorway (SH16), and has several off-ramps for access to the city centre. It is ...
Pages in category "Motorways in New Zealand" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Many spoke out against the project, including former Auckland City Mayor Christine Fletcher, who argued that the proposed motorway barely featured in the statutory policy documents, that city councillors lacked the necessary information to make informed decisions, and that the intended growth areas of the city would not require the corridor, with a public transport route being preferable.