7 September 2021
Today more than 1.7 million people call Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland home. This number is expected to grow by another million over the next 30 years.
To prepare and adapt as Auckland grows, government and Auckland Council launched the Auckland Transport Alignment Project (ATAP) in 2015. ATAP takes a strategic, joined-up approach to setting transport goals and investment priorities.
ATAP’s aim is to encourage more people to use public transport, walk or cycle to help reduce congestion, improve safety and address climate change. Over the past three years, record investment from government and council has resulted in:
- people using public transport more than 100 million times between February 2019 and February 2020, an increase of around 9% compared to the previous 12 months
- the number of people killed or seriously injured on Auckland’s roads decreasing by around a third since 2017
- congestion remaining steady despite rapid population growth.
In March 2021, ATAP released its $31.4 billion investment programme for 2021–31. ATAP 2021 includes $13.6 billion for operating and maintaining existing infrastructure and services and $17.8 billion for new infrastructure. As a result, greenhouse gas emissions per capita will decrease by 13% by 2031 and public transport trips will increase by 91%.
To continue working toward these goals, ATAP will deliver a range of transport improvements over the next three years, including:
- finishing Northern Corridor Improvements – a suite of motorway, public transport and walking and cycling improvements on the North Shore. These include:
- a State Highway 1 (SH1) to State Highway 18 (SH18) motorway connection
- a dedicated, 7km walking and cycling path on SH1 and SH18
- extending the Northern Busway between Constellation Station and Albany Station, and a new bus station at Rosedale
- building a 7km long walking and cycling path between Glen Innes and Tamaki Drive that will be completed in late 2022 – connecting Auckland’s eastern suburbs to the city centre
- completing Auckland’s first underground rail line—a 3.45km twin-tunnel link between Britomart and Mount Eden stations—by late 2024 to make it quicker and easier to travel around Auckland by train
- completing the Ara Tūhono – Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway by mid-2022 to make this route safer and more resilient.
Looking beyond 2024, key projects could include:
- providing a rapid transit connection across Waitematā Harbour
- Auckland Light Rail to create sustainable rapid transit options and more reliable journeys
- a rapid transit corridor to provide more transport options in the Northwest.
Northern Corridor Improvements
Glen Innes and Tamaki Drive
Ara Tūhono – Pūhoi to Warkworth
2021–24 NLTP Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland regional summary
