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Second Harbour Crossing

Options under study for a second harbour crossing near the Auckland Harbour Bridge, either a bridge or a tunnel under the Waitemata Harbour and tunnel connections to the northwestern and southwestern motorways, costing up to $2 billion. Any tunnel must fit plans for the extension of State Highway 20 through Avondale. Planning and design work are expected to take several years. Construction unlikely to start before 2010. 52/01.Options under study to build a trench or tunnel beneath Victoria Park. The cheapest option is to widen or build a new viaduct. Second option is to put the motorway in a trench through Victoria Park for $220-$250 million. Third option is a partial or full tunnel under Victoria Park at a cost of $150-$290 million. The fourth option is to tunnel under Victoria Park and straighten the approach to the harbour bridge, for a cost of $350-$430 million. 13/02.Four-tunnel transport link east of existing bridge, two for motor vehicles and two for rail transport, recommended by Waitemata Harbour Crossing study group to link Esmonde and Onewa motorway interchanges on the North Shore City side to Auckland City at around EUR1.65 billion. Visit www.aucklandmotorways.co.nz. 04/09.



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