Kia ora,
Happy Matariki from the Link Alliance Mt Eden team! From 19 June to 11 July everyone in Aotearoa has the opportunity to celebrate the unique places we live in and show respect for the beautiful land we live on.
This month we’ve continued setting up the supporting structures for the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) to complete its drive and have been completing large concrete pours that will form the base slab for the future western City Rail Link cut and cover tunnel. We’ve also been adding some bright new additions to the existing artwork around our site. You can read more about what we’ve been up to this month below.
Ngā manaakitanga ki runga i ā koe.
Ngā Mihi
Mt Eden Station team
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What's been happening on site
At Mt Eden station there continues to be a hive of activity, with construction spanning from Dominion Road overpass to Khyber Pass. Find out some of the activities we’re up to below:
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At the western end of site, a brand new pedestrian and cycle bridge will be coming to Porters Ave next year, construction of the bridge footings are underway with the stair structure now poking above ground!
In the centre of the site we have begun the early stages and foundations for the newand new re-development Mt Eden Station. Long concrete piles are being bored into the ground to support the building that will connect the new CRL line to the existing western train line.
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The TBM has now travelled 75m underground and is taking a short break while the team safely attach the permanent spoil conveyor belt structure. This supports the spoil transfer out of the tunnel, across the construction site and into a basin for removal off site later. Once the conveyor is attached next week, the machine will start operating 24/7 and will reach Karangahape Station in early September.
At the eastern end of site, staircases on the southern side of the Temporary Services Bridge (TSB) have been erected with the northern staircase going up shortly.
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The temporary bridge which carries utility services will be open for pedestrians within the next two weeks. It will be in place for approximately one year while the permanent road-over-rail bridge is being constructed at the Normanby Road roundabout.
If you want to receive regular notifications on our construction activities email us at mteden@linkalliance.co.nz and we can sign you up to receive more detailed communications.
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Track Dame Whina Cooper's drive at digCRL.co.nz
With Dame Whina Cooper, our Tunnel Boring Machine well on her way, we’ve launched an online tracker so you can keep track of her journey from Mt Eden to the new Aotea station.
Go to digCRL.co.nz to follow her drive and discover more about the machine, the people behind the journey, fun facts, and lots more.
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Meet City Rail Link's Tunnel Boring Machine pilot, Medhi Ghasemi
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Awhina Mai Tatou Katoa artwork now on display
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Matariki is an important time for the Maramataka (Māori lunar calendar), as it brings the old lunar year to a close and signifies the start of the Māori new year.
In light of Matariki, Link Alliance recently unveiled new Maramataka dial artworks to greet visitors at the entrance of the Te Manawa building at 1 New North Road, Eden Terrace. Meaning ‘The Heart’, Te Manawa is home to the City Rail Link’s public visitor centre and staff training and induction facility.
Artists Teare Turetahi, Martin Rawiri, Melvin Henry, and Rob Smith are part of a homeless collective known as Awhina Mai Tatou Katoa (AMTK). They created their sculptural reliefs to be used as visual learning aids that incorporate painting and traditional carving patterns. Artist Teare Turetahi, says he and his three fellow artists are “honoured and humbled to use their art and be part of CRL.”
The sculptures were blessed with a dawn karakia by AMTK and the Link Alliance.
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Te Manawa is a place of learning and the reliefs will be used to share mātauranga – traditional knowledge and education with those who view them.
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The faces behind the Link Alliance – Auckland Festival of Photography
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As part of this month's Auckland Festival of Photography, a 62-metre hoarding showcasing twenty-four of our team has been installed on Nikau St at the Mt Eden site.
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These 2-metre high portraits were taken by photographer Mark Barber and are a diverse sample of our workers across site, including superintendents, site engineers, labourers and traffic controllers.
The NZ photographer hopes to present a very real story about the diverse group of skilled workers who are helping to make an impact on the lives of Aucklanders, and on Auckland city’s growth.
The Auckland Festival of Photography is a city-wide contemporary, cultural experience which takes place within Auckland's major galleries, project spaces, non-gallery venues and public sites throughout June each year. People are at the heart of our key values of Culture, Identity, Participation, Art - our kaupapa is participation from people of all walks of life, to share their unique stories through the democratic medium of photography. The benefit of public photography, which transforms the everyday into art, is about creating the greatest experience for the most people.
This outdoor exhibition partners with the Link Alliance, a consortium of several organisations working together to build the City Rail Link.
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Last month we invited you to let us know how we’re going with our communication and areas we can improve. Thank you for all of those who gave us your thoughts and suggestions. Following your feedback we heard from you that majority are satisfied with the current communication you receive about the project and the benefits. We also noted that there is room for improvement in the areas of timeliness and providing enough information for people to make informed decisions.
Following your feedback the team are putting the following actions in place:
- Revamping the notification style and regularity to ensure that the information is well presented, useful and delivered in a more timely way.
- Build on the positive feedback and continue to be accessible and responsive.
- Look to increase social media posts and to generate more useful content that continues to share the benefits of the programme.
- Feed survey results back to you through the newsletter on a quarterly basis, along with a list of actions resulting from your feedback – like this one.
- Provide a site walk information sheet that talks about the development response as well as the ongoing works
More improvement initiatives are underway behind the scenes and although the survey is now closed, you can always provide feedback to us at mteden@linkalliance.co.nz.
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