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Kia ora ,
Our thoughts are with all those in the midtown and wider city centre area who have been affected by the recent flooding events. Our construction sites have also been affected with large amounts of water received underground. Over the weekend our teams responded to clear the water, and construction activities have now resumed on site.
Flood response support is available to the community
Auckland remains under a state of local emergency. Auckland Emergency Management has issued detailed information about support available. Please continue to follow the advice provided.
Heart of the City has provided information about the range of support available to businesses, including the EMU Business Helpline (0800 500 362). Auckland City Centre Residents' Group is also providing regular updates and support information.
Businesses - have your say on the Targeted Hardship Fund (THF)
The CRL sponsors have commenced a review of the Targeted Hardship Fund and would like to hear your feedback on its application and decision processes, and its eligibility and assessment criteria. If you own a business nearby, please click here to read the letter from the Ministry of Transport and supply your feedback to cityraillink@transport.govt.nz by 10 Feb 2023.
Please note, this feedback opportunity is open to all businesses, including:
- Businesses that applied and received the THF
- Businesses that don’t meet the current eligibility criteria
- Businesses that considered applying for the TFH but didn’t
Kind regards
The Te Waihorotiu Station team
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February local business activations:
Lunar New Year and Free Coffee Fridays
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The team at Te Waihorotiu Station wishes you all a Happy Lunar New Year! This year we are marking the year of the rabbit with special red envelope gifts (containing local restaurant vouchers), incense pack giveaways, karaoke, wellbeing tips and a special Chinese calligraphy activation. Pop by anytime from 1-3pm on Wednesday 1 February (tomorrow) to the Link Alliance Info Centre at 1 Elliott St. Proudly sponsored by Link Alliance and in collaboration with local businesses - inner Peace incense, Mr Katsu and Meetballs.
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Also beginning this week, we are rolling out our popular FriYay Kawhe programme for all our neighbours. Mark these dates in your calendars. Sponsored by Link Alliance in collaboration with Little Albert Coffee (83 Albert St) and Kingston Street Cafe (16 Kingston St).
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Welcome to our new neighbours
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The midtown area is undergoing a large regeneration programme, and new businesses continue to open in the area. A massive welcome to Meetballs Restaurant, The Altruist | School of Bitcoin, Real Groovy Records, and Jam e Jam Persian Restaurant who have recently opened around the Te Waihorotiu Station construction site. Thank you for supporting these local businesses - and remember to enter the Link Alliance Support Local to Win competition for your chance to win $100 vouchers or a personal underground tour of the train station.
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Friendly waitress Che from Meetballs Restaurant at 41 Victoria St West offers mouthwatering Korean rissoles (meatballs), which were traditionally only served to palace royalty.
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The Altruist | School of Bitcoin at 74 Albert St is a must visit for anyone curious about or invested in Bitcoin. They offer educational services and more for all things crypto.
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Jam e Jam Persian Restaurant at 4 Kingston St is a family business serving delicious and authentic Persian food. They also have special evenings with belly dancing performances.
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The iconic Real Groovy Records has just moved down to midtown. Come visit them above Countdown at 19 Victoria St West, for your fix of vinyl and other collectors items.
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Faces of Te Waihorotiu Station
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Hundreds of us come to work each day at Te Waihorotiu Station and we all have a story to tell. Each month we aim to profile some of our crew. This month we turn the spotlight on Atapana Visesio, Station Carpenter.
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We have also welcomed some other friendly faces to the underground areas this month - these have included some of our small business neighbours as a sign of our appreciation for their patience during construction. Pictured here are the Tony's Steakhouse Wellesley Street team, surveying the progress right below their delicious restaurant!
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Te Waihorotiu Station construction progress
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South Zone - Mayoral Drive area
- The Wellesley Street entrance building has received its first glazing (glass) installation. The first panels were lifted in to the eastern façade wall – just above where the main entrance to the station will be.
- We are also now sealing and waterproofing the surrounding concrete façade panels as we prepare for later in the year when louvres and shingles representing the tears of Ranginui (Sky Father God) will be laid on top.
- Underground, plasterboard partition wall fit out continues, as well as the structural concrete work for the train corridor and over-track ventilation ducting.
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New glazing on the Wellesley superstructure with reflection of the adjacent heritage T&G tower.
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Preparing the train corridor area with steel reinforcing before concrete - now complete.
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Central Zone - Albert Street from Wellesley to Victoria
- The underground concrete “box” is now complete with the recent casting of the station’s final base slab – 15m below Albert Street. The base slabs separate the station structure from the earth deeper below and become the foundations for the train corridor and passenger platform.
- Galvanised steel cable trays are being installed in this area to house the station’s electrical cables. These cable trays have a combined length of over 12km through Te Waihorotiu Station.
- On the lower level, platform construction is well underway.
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Freshly poured concrete: final base slab concrete pour complete
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Eventually these cable trays will be hidden from sight and cased-in by an internal wall as part of the station’s architectural fit-out. You can see the location of that wall indicated by the concrete nib on the ground in the photo.
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The platform construction (and the communications ducts that run through the platform) can be seen in the centre of this photo - trains will run either side of the platform structure.
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Victoria Street Zone - from Federal to Elliott
- This month we completed steel reinforcing and concrete casting at the base of the Victoria Street entrance near Federal Street. This is the entrance where artwork summited by Kiwi kids will be permanently installed.
- Above ground, lift shafts have also been installed, with the roof, glass and other above-ground materials set to be installed in the coming months.
- Our fit-out teams are now well into construction of internal walls and in the early stages of rail systems installation - this work will ultimately connect up CRL stations with the wider existing rail network.
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Below the Victoria St western entrance (near the SkyTower) - in the distance you can see where lifts and escalators will be installed.
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Above ground, the entrance is rapidly taking shape - façade glass is next to go on.
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Below ground, concrete block fit-out of a plant room servicing this area of the station.
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North Zone - Albert Street from Victoria to Wyndham
- Extension of the running tunnel boxes south from Wyndham Street is now complete. This includes the outer walls, central walls and tunnel box roofs.
- This means that the station is now fully connected into the existing "C2" running tunnels from Waitematā Station (Britomart), linking into the Te Waihorotiu Station concourse and platform structure - and so train track installation can continue.
- Above ground on Kingston Street, excavation has now begun in preparation for the above-ground ventilation structure to be build in this area.
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This steel frame has been used to form the concrete slabs of the running tunnels connecting the station to the existing "C2" tunnels. Now that the running tunnel structure has been completed, workers, pictured here, have begun taking the formwork apart.
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This photo is taken directly below Kingston Street. Above ground, a ventilation structure for the station will be built on Kingston Street near the District Court.
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While we continue to build Te Waihorotiu Station, the Auckland Council whānau have a programme underway to regenerate the surrounding area and get ready for the thousands of people who will use the station daily.
Work on Victoria Street West is beginning very soon, and is coordinated with the Link Alliance streetscape programme. We recommend you subscribe to Auckland Council's midtown newsletters - use this link to keep up-to-date with all the exciting changes happening in midtown. Previous midtown updates can be found here.
Please also hold 4pm-5.30pm on Tuesday 28 February for our next Community Liaison Group meeting - all welcome and your invitation will be coming soon.
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Link Alliance plan showing the three main streetscape upgrade packages, programmed for construction beginning in early 2023. Read more here.
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Thank you for your feedback
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Thank you for the positive feedback we have received about the widened pedestrian areas around our construction site. This included over the new year period, where we completely opened up the site for visitors to enjoy the SkyCity fireworks display. Thank you also to those who filled in our recent community satisfaction survey, with 78% satisfaction received - a significant improvement on the previous quarter. We continue to value your feedback, suggestions, and ideas.
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Midnight on New Year's Eve. Can you spot yourself or our two Victoria Street station entrances in the photo?
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