NZTA releases $40 million for New Lynn works
26.05.10 The final tick has been given to $40.14 million in New Zealand Transport Agency funding for major roading infrastructure work in New Lynn.

Artist’s impression showing Waitakere City Council’s concept for a more pedestrian-friendly Totara Ave West and Todd Triangle.

The funding enables Waitakere City Council to proceed with Stage 2 of its New Lynn Transit Oriented Development (TOD) programme, which includes building a major extension of Clark Street.

The 300m dual carriageway will extend Clark Street to the west from the Rankin/Totara Avenue intersection and then curve to the north to connect to Great North Road, crossing over the new rail trench. Landscaping will be a priority for the new roadway, which will bring the added benefit of pedestrian access between Totara Avenue West and the largely residential Ambrico Place on its opposite side.

The funding also allows for the redevelopment of Totara Avenue West and the adjoining Todd Triangle as a more pedestrian-friendly business area and focal point for the town centre.

The roading work is a key element of the new transportation network being delivered in New Lynn through the council’s TOD project and is part of a wider vision of transforming New Lynn into a vibrant regional town centre.

Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey says the emerging new New Lynn is the result of the persistence, passion and belief of many people, from different organisations, over many years.

“We are grateful to a number of organisations such as the NZTA who continue to support our vision for New Lynn’s revitalisation,” he says.

“This roading and regeneration work is an important next step in New Lynn’s transformation from an under-performing suburban district to a dynamic urban environment like no other in New Zealand – an accessible, successful and inspiring place that people will be enthused to work, live and play in.”

Work on the Clark Street extension and Totara Ave West will begin in early 2011 and is expected to be complete by mid-2012.