PHOTO: NZTA/SUPPLIED An impression of the proposed Petone-Grenada highway, north of Wellington, showing the Petone interchange and a large cut into the hillside.
Plans for a major new highway north of Wellington – which have been in the pipeline for almost a quarter-century – have been sent all the way back to the drawing board, with construction now unlikely for another decade.
The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) announced on Wednesday it had re-evaluated the proposed $270 million, four-lane Petone-Grenada highway, which was put on ice shortly after the Labour-led Government came to power in 2017.
The agency still believes a new road linking northern Wellington and Lower Hutt is required, but it will need to be redesigned and funding for its construction will not be considered until 2028.
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