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Te Ara Kahikatea is now home to three striking eight-metre high sculptures, depicting the ancestral stories of the ...
8 October 2021
Hastings District Council’s ‘Te Ara Kahikatea – Whakatu Arterial Link’ project is a finalist in the 2019 Lo...
5 June 2019
About 80 people gathered at the Mangateretere Hall on Saturday, February 23, to celebrate the successful completion...
25 February 2019
The new Whakatū Arterial route has been officially named with the council approving it being called Te Ara Kahikat...
31 January 2019
Ahead of schedule, the entire Whakatū Arterial Link road is ready to take traffic from 5am tomorrow.
18 December 2018
Project is 95% complete and the first stage of the new Whakatū Arterial Link road will give access to traffic on 1...
15 November 2018
Work on the Whakatū Arterial Link is now 95 per cent complete, with traffic due to be redirected onto the new Pāk...
15 November 2018
Work continues to progress well on the Whakatu Arterial Link route in preparation for its projected opening to moto...
26 September 2018
The new Whakatu Link Route now has a “driveable road surface”, with just the final two layers to go. The build...
12 July 2018
Despite the wet weather, work on the Pakowhai roundabout is proceeding with the whole of the Whakatu Link Route sti...
19 June 2018
The entrance to Pakowhai Regional Park – the district’s most popular dog walking area - is temporarily moving t...
1 May 2018
With the SH2 roundabout and the new bridge over the Karamu Stream completed, the focus of the teams working on the ...
26 January 2018
Work on the Whakatu Arterial Link continues to go well; helped by the good weather. Site work will cease for the ho...
8 December 2017
Work on the new Whakatu Arterial Link route continues to progress well. Almost a year in, it is still expected that...
6 November 2017
More than 13,000 plants will be planted along the new Whakatu Link Route, starting with 7000 going onto the new Sta...
5 October 2017
Twenty four hollow concrete beams, each one weighing between 38 and 48 tonnes, are being lifted into place to form ...
5 October 2017
Work on Pilcher Rd to improve the access to the new State Highway 2 roundabout is about to start.
5 September 2017
Traffic is flowing well since the full opening of the new Whakatu Link Road roundabout and the opening of Napier Rd...
14 August 2017
Winter weather continues to make things tricky for the contractors working on the Whakatu Arterial Link route howev...
14 July 2017
The move of the traffic onto the completed part of the new SH2 roundabout went well this week.
28 June 2017
About 75 per cent of the new State Highway 2 roundabout is almost completed with traffic expected to be moved onto ...
8 June 2017
Five months in, the work on the Whakatu Arterial Link is progressing as planned.
11 May 2017
Ongoing rain has continued to make life a little tricky however it is not expected to impact on the overall time fr...
28 March 2017
State Highway 2 at the site of the Whakatu Arterial Link will get slightly narrower from tomorrow as the constructi...
13 March 2017
Again heavy rain over the weekend has interrupted work, however at this early stage it is not expected to impact on...
13 March 2017
Heavy rain over the weekend has had a slight impact on the Whakatu Arterial Link project however it is not expected...
20 February 2017
Work on the Whakatu Arterial Link road connecting State Highway 2 (SH2) with Pakowhai Road is going to plan.
7 February 2017
This fortnightly update on the Whakatu Arterial Link route lets the public know how the project is going and what t...
16 January 2017
Work on the Whakatu Arterial Link road, connecting State Highway 2 (SH2) with Pakowhai Rd, is about to start.
6 January 2017
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