A selection of images from 2017 to the present day showcasing the construction of the Peka Peka to Ōtaki Expressway.
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2022 images
The Peka Peka to Ōtaki Expressway is now completed and fully open.
Cutting the ribbon.
The opening pōwhiri.
Kieran McAnulty gives his opening speech.
Flying north, looking west.
Flying south, looking east.
Asphalting near Otaki Railway Station.
Barrier installation in Southern Zone.
Milling just north of Bridge 9 (opposite Marycrest (Makahuri)).
Northern Zone.
Steam train taking members of the public past the alignment to see the progress of the expressway build.
Winiata Link road culverts.
2021 images
Flying north, looking west.
Flying south, looking east.
Cement stabilising at the very southern end of the alignment.
Looking toward Rahui Road bridge from SH1 rail overbridge just north of Ōtaki.
Old Ōtaki Gorge Road bridge.
Ōtaki Gorge Road site at SH1 with Bridges 6 & 7.
SH1 diversion being constructed at northern end of alignment near Taylors Road.
Shared path at southern end of alignment near Te Hapua Road, looking north.
Site just north of Te Horo Beach Road.
Views from Bridge 8 - Te Horo Beach Road, looking south.
2020 images
Area south of Rahui Road, around train station.
Bridge 1 site just south of Taylors Road.
Bridge 8 site - Te Horo Road, west of SH1.
Culvert 1 near Taylors Road.
Local Arterial Road near Marycrest (Makahuri).
New Taylors Road and Bridge 1.
Ōtaki River Bridge.
Relocating fish at Mangaone Stream near Te Horo the day after Culvert 24 was livened.
Sediment Pond No. 1, just north of Ōtaki River bridge.
View north from Rahui Road overbridge.
2019 images
Flying north, looking west.
Flying south, looking east
Bridge beams arriving, being lifted, and placed on Bridge 6 which will be the Otaki River Rd bridge over the railway line.
Culvert 39 site near Gear Road.
Looking north at Bridge 7 which will be Ōtaki Gorge Road.
Underneath Ōtaki River bridge.
South of Mary Crest (Makahiri).
Ōtaki River Bridge - north bank.
Rahui Road bridge public walkover prior to opening.
Rahui Road Bridge 4 site.
2018 images
Flying north, looking west.
Flying south, looking east.
Bridge abutment construction on west side of SH1 rail overbridge.
Bridges 2 & 3 site at SH1 rail overbridge.
Demolition and clearance around the Bridge Lodge site.
House being moved from Te Horo to Ōtaki passes through the main street in Ōtaki.
Ōtaki River Bridge site.
Rahui Road Bridge.
Culvert 23 at Mangaone Stream.
Otaki River Bridge Site. Lifting and landing the first falsework platform of the project.
2017 images
Flying north, looking west.
Flying south, looking east.
School Road, Te Horo.
Bilingual signs at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Rito.
Archaeology just south of Mary Crest on western side of SH1. Obsidian cutting tool found.
PP2O sod turning at Otaki by Transport Minister Simon Bridges local MP Nathan Guy and K Gurunathan Mayor of the Kapiti Coast District.
PP2O project team welcomed onto Raukawa Marae Otaki.
PP2O Information Centre is now open in the Otaki SH1 shopping precinct.
Pouring concrete to make precast RE (Reinforced Earth) wall panels for bridge abutments on the expressway.
Earthworks begin at site near SH1 rail overbridge.