• Improving public transport
• Completing the network
• Digital Auckland
• Destination Auckland
• CBD and Waterfront
• Building communities
• Growth through skills

Completing the network

NZTAThe focus of this programme is to enhance access within and throughout the region. It will make it easier for people and freight to move to and between centres along the Western Ring Route and beyond, and ensure that this movement supports regional growth and transport strategies.

Significant initiative

The Western Ring Route will be completed, subject to funding approval for the Waterview Connection, providing a single 48-kilometre motorway that links Manukau, Auckland, Waitakere and North Shore cities and growth centres, and bypasses the Auckland city centre. Target completion date: 2015.

Connected initiatives

Integrating the councils' plans for land use around motorway construction will maximise economic and social benefi ts to surrounding communities and regional businesses. Land use initiatives associated with the Western Ring Route include plan changes and land purchases.

These initiatives support the Regional Growth Strategy, and the construction of essential infrastructure supporting new developments.

Developing transport options to support the Western Ring Route will help ensure optimal traffic flows. There will also be better cycleways, walkways and public transport services, all of which support transport and land use objectives.

Funding and timelines

Partner agencies

Local government: Auckland City Council, Manukau City Council, North Shore City Council, Waitakere City Council
Regional government: Auckland Regional Council
Central government: Ministry of Transport, New Zealand Transport Agency
Other partner agencies: Auckland Regional Council/Auckland Regional Transport Agency