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Roadworks on Cable Street outside Te Papa caused traffic delays for an hour this morning, not only on Aotea Quay but also on the motorway. At 8.55, NZTA advised that vehicles heading into the city were queued back to the Ngauranga interchange.
SH1 URBAN MOTORWAY, SOUTHBOUND – CONGESTION – 8:55AM
Due to roadworks on Cable St outside Te Papa, be prepared for heavy traffic heading into the city via Aotea Quay. Queues are back to the Ngauranga interchange. Please use an alternative route if possible. ^AL pic.twitter.com/tUqiybZGKD
An hour later, NZTA advised that the congestion had eased, but it warned that the roadworks would be continuing till the end of the month.
Wednesday, 23 December 2020, 1:28 pm
During January and February there will be weekday road
works on Cable Street and Wakefield Street to connect
utility services to the Tākina Wellington Convention and
Exhibition Centre.
The works, including water, power,
wastewater and stormwater connections, will involve lane
closures on weekdays and are planned over two
stages:
Stage One:
Cable Street
Works: 5 January – 29 January 2021, weekdays only, 24 hour
site
The works will involve some trenching across the
Cable Street road and footpath, and Cable Street will be
down to one lane during the works to enable safe trenching
and pipe installation.
The lanes will be opened up
GrahamCA, 23. December 2020, 19:04
Why would Cable Street be down to one lane in February when the work is described as being on Wakefield Street, or is this just the usual “efficient” WCC PR team not knowing how to edit a cut & paste?
Kara, 23. December 2020, 19:52
The convention centre will be a waste. There is a stadium near the railway station that needs a roof.
Pam, 24. December 2020, 21:07
Brilliant, a convention centre being built in the height of a global pandemic. WCC provides ever more reasons not to travel into the CBD, no parking, traffic congestion due to burst pipes and multiple closed roads. Not sure what the goal is here??