3 September 2019
Notification of utilities works for Aotea Station Aotea Station - Utilities investigation and relocation – mid-September to early 2020 City Rail Link (CRL) works for Aotea Station will be starting on 17 September. Before we can construct the station, we need to locate and move utilities such as power and water lines away from the station footprint. To carry out this work, our crews will excavate sections of the road and footpath along Albert Street in the area between Wyndham Street and Wellesley Street and on some surrounding streets. We anticipate this work taking around six months to complete. Work hours are 7am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday. What’s going to happen? The map below shows the areas and sequence of work to December: • • •
Albert Street, between Victoria and Wellesley Streets Albert Street, between Wyndham and Victoria Streets Victoria Street and Kingston Street
The first work in each area will be utility investigations which will take 1-2 weeks each. Utility relocation crews will follow, creating trenches 50m to 60m long at a time. They will backfill trenches and reinstate the footpath as they go. Each trench will take around four to six weeks and will involve work on the road and footpath up to property boundaries. We will always maintain access to properties.
A hydro-vac truck at work in a utilities trench
A temporary site compound will be formed in part of the Bledisloe House car park in October. The site will house portacoms to serve as rest areas for crews and equipment storage. Utilities site map for September – December 2019:
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