Tararua Highway
CLIENT
Waka Kotahi
LOCATION
Manawatu
COMPLETION
Current
CATEGORY
The project’s reach extends beyond the infrastructure, focusing on creating positive social outcomes; local employment and upskilling local communities.
In a rewarding partnership with local iwi, we and our partners are building 11.5km of new highway between Ashurst and Woodville. The highway boasts two lanes in each direction, including a shared use path for walkers and cyclists and will be fully planted across the whole project site.
It’s an initiative with a huge social upside, and a benchmark for communities all over New Zealand. This is a $620m project that will employ up to 350 people, many from the community, at any one time.
Our work
Building – six bridges and structures along the 11.5km highway with two bridges 300m or more over the Manawatu River, including simultaneous protection of nearby sensitive wetlands.
Earthworks – we’ll move approximately 6 million cubic metres of earth.
Planting – approximately 2 million trees and plants the length of the highway and surrounding area.
