Penlink works are picking up pace this August, with several key phases kicking off across the project.

From Sunday 10 to Thursday 14 August, SH1 will close overnight while crews stitch the overbridge barriers into place and install stormwater pipes beneath.

If you're travelling through, it’s worth planning around the closures.

Along Ara Weiti and East Coast roads, earthworks and pavement construction continue.

Bridge 3 is starting its foundations, and precast concrete panels are going in on the retaining wall near Link Road 2.

In Stillwater, the tower crane installed at the end of July signals the start of the bridge superstructure.

Concrete pours begin this month on Pier 4, which sits on the eastern side of the river, while work progresses on the future Duck Creek Road interchange following Auckland Transport’s recent widening of ‘turkey bend’.

Early August brings a unique sight near Whangaparāoa, where a helicopter will carry drilling gear into place beside the river. Four short lifts per day across several days.

Locals will also see action around the Cedar Terrace corner, where earthworks are underway for the new Whangaparāoa Road alignment.

From mid-August, road surfacing, kerbing, and footpaths will start near Beverley Road.

Night-time drainage works along Whangaparāoa Road have also resumed, after delays from earlier wet weather.

These updates bring Penlink one step closer to connecting our Coast with the city, safer and faster.

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