Two seriously injured people are being taken to hospital after a major multi-car crash on Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway in Henderson.
Meanwhile, a bus c
The Mt Eden train station site from the air.
Photo: Supplied / City Rail Link
Final checks are underway before the machine starts excavating the first of two rail tunnels in mid-May.
Transport Minister Michael Wood said the launch was a milestone in the country s largest ever transport infrastructure project.
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff welcomed the launch of the machine.
Transport Minister Michael Wood and Auckland Mayor Phil Goff inside the tunnel boring machine s control room.
Photo: supplied
He said the completion of the City Rail Link would transform rail travel in Tāmaki Makaurau and carry up to 54,000 people an hour.
Milestone day for Auckland: Tunnel boring machine launched at City Rail Link
6 May, 2021 07:00 PM
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Milestone day for Auckland: new tunnel boring machine launched. Video / City Rail Link
Today marks a milestone for Tāmaki Makaurau with the launch of the tunnel boring machine at New Zealand s largest infrastructure project, the $4.4 billion City Rail Link.
The German-designed Chinese-built machine, named Dame Whina Cooper, is launched this morning at the project s Mt Eden site, with final checks about to be carried out before she starts cutting around the middle of this month. Completing Auckland s City Rail Link has taken an exciting step forward today with the official launch of the machine at the project s Mt Eden site, CRL announced today.