PHOTO: LEO COONEYRecreational pilot Leo Cooney hired the Manawatu Aviation Club’s Sky Arrow to fly over the works.
One year out from its planned opening, new photographs show just how much work has been done – and remains to be done – on Transmission Gully.
Construction began on the 27 kilometre-long expressway in April 2015 which, once completed, will connect Linden in north Wellington to Paekākāriki on the Kāpiti Coast.
Initially tipped to open in April 2020, the project was revealed last month to be “considerably behind” schedule, with the NZ Transport Agency now expecting a November 2020 opening date.
The agency blamed weather, seismic events, including the need for resources to be diverted following the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake.
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