See NZTA’s Facebook site here for official updates or NZTA’s Expressway page on their website
Here’s how it’s progressing along Matangi Road…
June 2018
May 2018
April 2018
March 2018
February 2018
January 2018
December 2017
November 2017
October 2017
September 2017
August 2017
NZTA Matangi Bridge Update is here Info Sheet Matangi Road or as below
July 2017
June 2017
Bridge Work underway
May 2017
Clearing the site and getting started on Bridge Construction
April 2017
Four concrete mixers on site 20 April, filling the bottom driven piling (those huge steel tubes driven into the ground)
March 2017
Feb 2017
Jan 2017 Traffic Diversion in place along Matangi Road to allow construction of the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway.
Yes certainly do wonder especially after this wet winter, water table gets quite high!
Will ask if they have any further info on that and how they are managing it.
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Thanks for the update. How deep is water there or is that an irrelevance in such construction work?
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Hi Graham
This information sheet on NZTA advises “Once excavations are complete, construction can begin on the four lane expressway which will run underneath the Matangi Road Bridge. ”
http://www.nzta.govt.nz/assets/projects/hamilton/matangi-road-bridge-info-sheet.pdf
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What will it look like finished ie Does Expressway go over Matangi Rd or other way round
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