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An artist s impression of the completed East West roading project.
Graphic: Supplied / NZTA
The High Court has upheld a Board of Inquiry decision granting resource consent to the East West Link road in Auckland.
Forest and Bird is now considering asking for the case to be heard in the Supreme Court.
Plans for the four-lane arterial road connecting Onehunga to Penrose first proposed by the National government have stalled - with the Transport Agency Waka Kotahi saying the project is currently under review.
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and Forest and Bird opposed the road and took the agency to court.