Work on the 14.7km long sewer tunnel from Grey Lynn to the Māngere Wastewater Treatment Plant started in 2019 and is expected to be completed in 2025. It is being constructed by Ghella Abergeldie Joint Venture and is expected to reduce sewage overflows into the Waitematā Harbour and help clean up local waterways. He said he was impressed by the professional expertise of the team on site as well as the sheer size and scale of the project. Engineers took Lamonte down a 39 metre shaft to see where work on the first stage of tunnelling from Māngere to Mount Roskill will start in July.
Watercare's new CEO is confident in his plans to improve Auckland's water supply.
Jon Lamonte stepped into the shoes as chief executive at Auckland’s water
“Being able to do in 10 months what might have taken three years in a previous environment I think sends good signs we can be agile, we can think differently, and do things far more rapidly – that’s got to be good,” Lamonte said.
Watercare/Supplied
Watercare s Wairoa Dam in the Hunua ranges. On April 6, it was 58 per cent full. Lamonte has come from a similar role at the Sydney Metro rail programme, and prior to that spent six years as the chief executive of Transport for Greater Manchester. He arrived with Watercare in the final stage of a $224 million fast-tracked upgrade of water sources, to counter the record drought in 2019-20 which took storage lakes to a 26-year low of 42 per cent.
Decade in power: How risks are rising for Sydney s mega rail projects smh.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from smh.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.