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New Plymouth to get new bridge

Friday 23 November 2012, 4:42PM

By NP Linked Taranaki

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Delays, 'not going to happen anymore' - report
Delays, 'not going to happen anymore' - report Credit: NP Linked Taranaki
The Plan: New bridge to be installed for New Plymouth
The Plan: New bridge to be installed for New Plymouth Credit: NP Linked Taranaki

NEW PLYMOUTH

BREAKING NEWS: New Plymouth is to get a new bridge.

 

A second bridge is to be built at New Plymouth's Waiwhakaiho bottleneck, with design work to start early next year.


New Plymouth MP Jonathan Young has revealed plans for the second bridge, sitting parallel to the existing bridge.


The new bridge will increase the number of lanes at the traffic trouble spot from three lanes to five.


Earlier this year, the New  Zealand Transport  Agency announced it had put aside $14m for the bridge project.

The NZTA said the design would be put out for tender and awarded early next year, with construction tendered at the end of next year and work to begin in early 2014.


Getting a solution to the Waiwhakaiho Bridge issue, which has frustrated motorists for years, was one of Mr Young's key election promises.


The new bridge is one of five stages in the upgrade of the route from Vickers Rd into the city.