Maungawhau Station (Mt Eden) Community Liaison Group Meeting 18 May 2022
Helga Sonier Maungawhau Community Manager
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Helpful hints for this virtual meeting • During this meeting, the presenters will not be able to see or hear you, but you’ll be able to watch and listen to them
• On the right hand-side of your screen there is a question panel. We encourage you to write questions or comments for our presenters as the meeting progresses • We’d appreciate it if you could use your name and possibly which local street you live or work on when you submit your question or comment • Please note that your comment won’t appear to all viewers until we publish it •
If you’re asking a question about a specific slide in tonight’s presentation, it would be helpful if you could take note of that slide number so we can bring it back up on screen to refer to if need be.
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Agenda 1. Communications & Engagement – Community team update
– Community events – Community initiatives
2. Meet Your Stations – Station naming process – New station renders
4. Construction updates – Basque Park – Maungawhau Station site – Tunnels – North Auckland Line
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Communications and Engagement Community team update • Farewell to Helen and Annabelle • Congratulations to Madi • Welcome to Jen Community events • TBM Thursday sessions • Ready 2 Bore
– Blessing of the TBM ahead of the second tunnel drive • Perimeter tours and info hubs • Te Manawa visitor centre 5
Communications and Engagement Update Community initiatives
• Wellness Sessions restarted in person at our Quiet Space – Meditative Art
– Yoga • Uptown Business Association Food & Socialising Guide
This May - Getting back to the fun... has begun! 6
Simon Lough CRL Interface Design Manager
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Meet Your Stations! CRL is formally naming its stations with the four te reo names gifted by the project’s Mana Whenua Forum. These names were publicly released in early May alongside the final design renders. Both the names and the designs are a unique expression of cultural identity connecting people and place – an outcome that is distinctly Tāmaki Makaurau. •
Waitematā Station (Britomart)
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Te Wai Horotiu Station (Aotea)
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Karanga a Hape Station (Karangahape)
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Maungawhau Station (Mt Eden)
Timeline
• Public naming announcement early May • Naming submission to the New Zealand Geographic Board in late May
• Official decision expected in late 2022
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Why formally name the stations?
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Reflect significant geographic features around stations
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Strengthen and deepen the stations’ connection to place
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Enhance cultural narratives reflected in the design of stations and their urban surrounds
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Educate the wider-public about another aspect of Auckland’s history
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Honour our treaty of Waitangi obligations
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Te Wai Horotiu Station
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Karanga a Hape Station
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Maungawhau Station
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Annabelle Wrigley Communications & Engagement Advisor
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Basque Park Update • Horizontal directional drilling now complete with final connection due to begin June 2022. • From July 2022 Link Alliance will begin demobilising equipment and reinstating the site.
• New art has been installed on the south side hoardings – this was created by artist Erika Pearce inspired by drawings from local daycare centre, The Learning Space. • Auckland Council launched their campaign "Have Your Say" seeking consultation from the community for their Basque Park Improvement Project. – The improvement project will start once Link Alliance's works are complete. 18
Thibaut L'Hopital Maungawhau Station Project Manager
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Maungawhau Station Site - Construction Update • • • • • •
Station building foundations City Rail Link platform North Auckland Line overpass Ventilation building Cut and cover tunnels North Auckland Line platform
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Maungawhau Station Site
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Derek Whelan TBM Tunnels Construction Manager
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Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) update • TBM drive for the second City Rail Link tunnel began on 26 April 2022
• 24/7 supporting activities underway again on Maungawhau site • Spoil removal and increased trucks • Conveyor belt running (once TBM fully in tunnel) • Crane movements
• TBM expected to breakthrough at Te Wai Horotiu Station (Aotea) in early Spring.
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First tunnel completed by the TBM in 2021
TBM continues excavating TBM slides through cavern (taking approx. two weeks) TBM currently here
TBM began excavation on 26 April
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Nick Adams Deputy Construction Manager – North Auckland Line
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North Auckland Line (NAL) - Construction Update • Porters Ave footbridge installed on 27 March 2022. Scheduled opening in August. • Normanby Road bridge structure completed. Eastern side open for pedestrians from 23 May 2022; open to vehicles early October. • Eastern Grade Separation structure nearing completion with base slab construction. • Piling within NAL corridor nearing completion. • Track formation at either end of NAL corridor completed. • One-way on Boston Road until late July to install utilities/raise road levels. • Full closure of Boston Road/Nugent Street during Queen's Birthday weekend. 30
North Auckland Line (NAL) - Construction Update
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Questions & Answers
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Stay in touch with questions or feedback • Email the Maungawhau team at mteden@linkalliance.co.nz • 0800 CRL TALK – choose option 5 for Maungawhau Station • City Rail Link website www.cityraillink.co.nz
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