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NEWSLETTER 5 | JULY 2017
CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
Hōkai Nuku leading the whakawātea for the Wyllie Rd site office with members of the NX2 team and the NZ Transport Agency
Wyllie Road Site Office, Project
Open For Business! Information
On Tuesday 13 June members of the
NX2 team along with iwi partners
The NX2 project team are moving in
progressively over the next couple of
months and we look forward to being part
Centre
Hōkai Nuku and the NZ Transport of this community over the next five years. Along with the opening of the
Agency, officially opened the project site office, we are pleased
project’s main site office at 45 Wyllie to announce we have opened our
Road, Warkworth. Hōkai Nuku led project information centre.
a whakawātea (blessing) for the
Here you’ll find maps of the project,
new site office and to celebrate progress photos and videos and
the important project milestone. information on various areas of the
project, such as key design elements,
As part of tikanga (Māori protocol),
environment and ecology, and
the whakawātea ensures the safety and
construction.
peaceful pathway for staff located in
the office and for all who pass through The information centre is open during
the project area. In consultation with weekdays, and on set days and times
Ngāti Manuhiri representatives, Hōkai members of the Stakeholder and
Nuku gifted the name ‘Kourawhero’ (red Communications Team will be available
crayfish) for the site office. Kourawhero is NX2 CEO Ray Wilson and Hōkai to answer questions.
also the name known to mana whenua for Nuku Kaumatua Ringi Brown Official opening hours are:
the surrounding Wyllie Road area and of a • Tuesday, 1pm to 4pm
nearby stream. The ceremony and gifting
of the Kourawhero name represents the • Thursday, 9am to 12pm
importance of this area to mana whenua • First Saturday of the month,
and the ongoing partnership between 10am to 1pm
Hōkai Nuku and NX2. For specific information about the
Project Director Alan Orange says: project, please email info@nx2group.com
This is a monumental day for the project so we can arrange a suitable time
and we thank Hōkai Nuku for the gift of to meet with you.
Kourawhero. These buildings will be our We are located at 45 Wyllie Road,
home and a place where many important Warkworth.
discussions are had, decisions will be made Hōkai Nuku leads members of the NX2 team and
the NZ Transport Agency for the whakawātea
and milestones will be celebrated.
Second Major Site WARKWORTH
Access Point (‘SAP 7’)
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CHANGES TO WATSON RD
INTERSECTION
In preparation for the project’s create space for a safe right turn
first earthworks season, we bay, wide median and wider
continue to construct our key site shoulder. After careful evaluation
access points (SAPs) which will with the Transport Agency, it has
ensure construction vehicles can been decided that the passing
enter/exit the project area safely lane will remain closed for the
and efficiently. entire construction period.
Construction of SAP 4 located Works are expected to take six
at 1509 State Highway 1 (SH1) to eight weeks. Temporary traffic
south of Perry Road, is now management will be in place
well underway and will be fully during construction, including
operational to construction a temporary speed limit of
vehicles by October 2017. 70 km/h. WATSON RD
Construction of our second major For safety reasons, part of the
site access point, known as ‘SAP work will take place between 9pm
7’, will soon get underway. and 5am when traffic volumes
SAP7 is located just past Hungry are lower to minimise disruption.
Creek on SH1 at Watson Road (a ‘Stop-Go’ operations will be in
STATE HIGHWAY 1
forestry road) south of Mahurangi place and there may be some
West Road. This will be the main minor delays.
access for construction vehicles Please be patient and take care KEY
entering/exiting the southern end when travelling through the Give Way Sign
WATSON RD
of the project. work area. No Left Turn
Existing passing
Establishing the access point To stay up-to-date with the lane to be closed
involves closing the southbound latest traffic information, visit PUHOI
Hungry Creek passing lane to https://onthemove.govt.nz/
Crime Prevention
We recently had the NZ Police Dog Handlers run a
training exercise on Billings Road, a timely exercise
as there have been some reports of theft in the area.
NX2 is working with the Warkworth and Orewa
Police, to minimise the risk of crime in and around
the project area. We want to remind people to keep
an eye out for anything suspicious and to contact
us or your local police station if you have concerns.
If there is an immediate risk to personal safety or
Police dog training exercise on Billings Road property, please call 111.
Road Safety & Drone Footage Now Available
Driver Behaviour In our May edition, we told you about our plans to send a drone out to get a ‘bird’s eye
We continue to reinforce our key messages on road view’ of how the project is progressing. We’ve now got some footage and we’re excited
safety and driver behaviour to all staff and contractors. to share this with you. Visit https://nx2group.com/image-gallery/project-photos/
These messages apply to all, so we encourage our
project neighbours and other road users to drive
with greater caution, so everyone gets home safely.
SOME OF THE KEY MESSAGES WE’RE PROMOTING:
• Plan your journey and be prepared for minor delays
• Keep to the speed limits and increase your following
distances
• Be aware of your surroundings, observe road signs
and traffic management
• Be aware of hazards and winter road conditions
e.g. sunstrike and slippery surfaces
• Be patient and courteous to others on the road
For more information on road safety, take a look at
the NZ Transport Agency’s ‘Driving Safely’ webpage:
https://www.nzta.govt.nz/safety/driving-safely/
Meet The Team
What’s Meet Caitlin Golder, one of NX2’s
Happening Environmental Advisors. Caitlin plays a
key role in ensuring the construction team
Next? builds to the consent conditions or ‘rules’
of the project.
• Road improvement works on Moir Some of Caitlin’s responsibilities include:
Hill Road
• monitoring the effects of construction,
• Construction of SAP 4 at 1509 SH1, such as noise, dust and vibration, and without compromising the environment.
Warkworth advising the construction team to modify
their methods when required Although it’s a challenging role, Caitlin says:
• Construction of SAP 7 at Watson I love how the job is so multidisciplinary.
Road, Hungry Creek • managing the protection of Kauri, by setting There is no one person on the project
up quarantine areas and cleaning stations, who knows everything, so it requires a
• Construction of two temporary and educating and enforcing NX2’s Kauri collaborative effort to keep the project
bridges at kauri eco-viaduct and Protection Protocols on track. I also love being part of a project
west of SAP 4 where my outputs are tangible and I can
• testing the project’s many sediment
• Continue to build access tracks and controls ponds after heavy rain see that what I do makes a difference to
haul roads within the project area how we do things.
When asked about the challenges of the
project, Caitlin says: Caitlin has a Masters of Science in
• Finish logging works in the Environmental Management, is a proud
Mahurangi forestry area The ‘rules’ for construction are different
owner of a ‘Brown Badge’ from the
and more complex than other projects
Greenroads Foundation, an international
• Ground preparation for installation I have worked on. It’s also a challenge
non-profit organisation which aims to advance
of the first permanent culverts in the balancing environmental management with
sustainability education and initiatives for
Mahurangi forestry area construction because they are often at odds
transport infrastructure. Caitlin is also a
with each other, so it can be challenging to
Department of Conservation approved Level 2
make decisions which enable construction
bat ecologist.
Rock Blasting KEY STEPS IN THE ROCK BLASTING PROCESS:
• Prepare the blast area and mark out the shot
DID YOU KNOW?
We recently carried out our first controlled Around two million cubic
• Drill holes approximately 8 - 12 metres deep metres of quality rock is
drilling and rock blasting in the ‘Rock Borrow
• In each hole, place detonators with boosters, then load needed across the project
Pit’ within the Mahurangi forestry area. Due to
explosives (shown in blue) and aggregate (shown in white) and we’ll be sourcing
technology advances and techniques, we were
to contain the blast energy when initiated much of this rock from
well within our noise and vibration limits.
• Connect all holes to apply sequenced detonation within the project area .
The quality rock is a hard
• Clear the blast area and fire the blast
grey/blue sand stone,
• Complete post blast inspections before excavation found approximately 8-12
metres below the existing
BENCH ground level.
HOLES
FACE
FLOOR
‘Rock Borrow Pit’ in the Mahurangi forestry area
Project Timeline
JANUARY 2017 NOVEMBER 2019 SEPTEMBER 2021
Start of enabling works Start of pavement works Pavements completed
OCTOBER 2017 NOVEMBER 2020 OCTOBER 2021
Start of bulk earthworks Earthworks completed Works completed
JANUARY 2018 OCTOBER 2020 LATE 2021
Start of structures Structures completed Motorway open to traffic
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