Penlink Project

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Penlink is an integrated transport project involving a number of elements, including a toll road. When constructed, it will link the Whangaparaoa Peninsula to State Highway 1 at Redvale, reducing trip time by up to 15 minutes, and provide necessary capacity to provide for planned growth. Although current levels of service on Whangaparaoa Road and Hibiscus Coast Highway are acceptable, development on the Peninsula and in the Silverdale area with its accompanying traffic growth will soon cause increasing congestion on those routes. Unless new capacity is provided, forecast congestion on those routes will not meet Council’s commitment to residents to maintain existing levels of service on the roading network, nor will it meet the requirements of the New Zealand Transport Agency to avoid congestion on Hibiscus Coast Highway and State Highway 1. Penlink provides that necessary capacity, and also promotes economic development on the Peninsula and in the Silverdale area.

1 year ago