Kia ora koutou
Welcome to 2021!
We hope you and your families have kept safe and well during the festivities. During the holiday season, our crew have continued working across Mt Eden Station so critical work in the rail corridor could be completed while the train network was not running. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to our neighbours who continued to support the project during this time.
Coming up this year, we have some exciting work taking place on site. Currently the team are busy preparing for Dame Whina Cooper our Tunnel Boring Machine to start her first drive at the end of April. This preparatory work includes moving the TBM cutterhead and gantries to the tunnel portal from mid-February so the pieces can be connected together ahead of the drive. Once the TBM begins its journey to the new Aotea Station, the construction team will continue to focus on building the cut and cover tunnels that will connect the tunnels to the existing western line.
Other notable activities coming up include, building the start of the new North Auckland Line platform and the construction of the Porters Ave pedestrian bridge.
As always, we encourage you to email us at mteden@linkalliance.co.nz or call 0800 CRL TALK (275 8255) then press 5 if you have any questions or concerns about our work.
Ngā mihi nui
Mt Eden Station Team
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Christmas work helps keep CRL on track
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Workers installing concrete piles to create permanent foundations for the future integration of the CRL line.
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During the holiday season, the Mt Eden construction site continued to work through the Christmas and New Year breaks to complete important work within the rail corridor. With the line temporarily closed to trains, it made it safer for us to work in and around the rail corridor and complete a lot of our necessary work.
Nick Adams, North Auckland Line Deputy Construction Manager for the Link Alliance extends his thanks for all the people living and working near the Mt Eden construction site for their support.
“We do our very best to control disruption like noise and dust and we extend our sincerest thanks to our neighbours for their patience. Their support is important to us, and one big plus for getting so much done this month means future extensive work like this will not have to happen so often.”
The holiday season work programme included track changes to prepare for the CRL connection, relocating utilities, building retaining walls and new drains, piling and associated activities, and work related to new bridges. Elsewhere at the Mt Eden site, work continued on mining the first 51 metres of the CRL to accommodate the TBM.
The extensive holiday period of work will end this Sunday 31 January, after which trains will resume across the Auckland network.
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Find out more
A map and full list of works notifications for each specific area around the Mt Eden site can be found online at https://www.cityraillink.co.nz/latest-notifications-for-mt-eden
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Save the date! Aroha in Uptown
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The Link Alliance and Uptown Business Association are celebrating love in all its forms this Valentine’s Day with ‘Aroha in Uptown’, a programme of events held by businesses and creative spaces radiating out from the Maungawhau/Mount Eden Station. Following on from the ‘Sunday in Uptown’ ArtWeek Festival in 2020, we're proud to bring back this collaboration for one-of-a-kind events from the heart of the Uptown precinct, all in the name of love.
Visitors can share the love with a pick of multiple events:
- Join artist Jayden Plank for a morning of outlandish, energetic colourful art making
- Take a free Ceroc dance class at the Horse & Trap with Bliss Dance Studio
- Make a seed ball at OMG (Organic Market Garden) and hear the love story between plants and microbes
- Take your pet for a portrait at Brothers Beer Juke Joint
- Sit back and enjoy live music at local establishments and buskers roaming Symonds Street
- Fridge & Flagon are celebrating Pride Month with chill DJ sets and live music all afternoon
- Take a tour of the artwork on and around the Mt Eden City Rail Link site, including a visit to the Art Studio Collective and viewing a new mural made of reclaimed wood in a labour of love by Piet Ubels and his father Jan.
Find the full programme of events here uptown.co.nz/aroha or by picking up a map from businesses across the Uptown precinct, and plan to share a day out with your loved ones. Proudly supported by Link Alliance, delivering the City Rail Link, and the Uptown Business Association.
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Local business profile: House of Knives
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Family owned and operated; House of Knives is New Zealand’s original knife shop serving the hospitality industry since 1987. Located at 24 Mt Eden Road Auckland, be sure to drop by to browse through an ever-increasing range of products. House of Knives has become ‘more than just a knife shop’ with products extending from quality kitchen knives and collectors knife ranges, pocket, fishing & hunting knives to NZ made chefs wear, kitchenware, barware & cookware. Perfect for gifts or personal items, House of Knives will have you buying things you didn’t know you needed.
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Upcoming information sessions
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On Tuesday 2 February, the Link Alliance’s Mt Eden Station team are holding the first community information session of 2021 from 4.30pm to 6.30pm at at our new office – Te Manawa at 1 New North Road.
Everyone is invited to come along to learn more about the CRL project and Mt Eden construction works!
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