{"id":433353,"date":"2026-05-18T12:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/433353\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T12:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:38:07","slug":"carrington-rd-mt-albert-upgrade-113m-improvements-to-start-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/433353\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrington Rd Mt Albert upgrade: $113m improvements to start in June"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AnAn artist rendering of what the new Carrington Rd will look like. Photo \/ Auckland Transport<\/p>\n

The $113m project will include a 1.6km widening and upgrade of Carrington Rd, major underground stormwater, gas, watermain and utility works, and a new pedestrian bridge over the rail line, near the existing traffic overbridge at the southern end of the road. <\/p>\n

The plans include new peak-hour T2 transit lanes, physically separated cycleways on both sides of the road, upgraded footpaths and safer pedestrian crossings, with new and improved traffic lights at key intersections. <\/p>\n

\"AA side street view of what the new Carrington Rd will look like. Photo \/ Auckland Transport<\/p>\n

Power lines on parts of Carrington Rd will also be laid underground as part of the widening works, including sections near Gladstone Primary School.<\/p>\n

Raised traffic tables will also be installed at side roads to slow vehicles and improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists.<\/p>\n

Significant landscaping is also planned, with AT promising at least two new trees will be planted for every one removed during construction.<\/p>\n

AT is leading the project in partnership with the T\u0101maki Makaurau r\u014dp\u016b of Marut\u016b\u0101hu, Ng\u0101ti Wh\u0101tua and Waiohua-T\u0101maki, the group overseeing the Te Kuk\u016bnga Waka (Carrington Residential Development)<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Funding for the project is being provided through the Government\u2019s Infrastructure Acceleration Fund, managed by the National Infrastructure Funding and Financing agency. <\/p>\n

Enabling works costing about $700,000 have already been completed. <\/p>\n

The bulk of the funding will go toward the Carrington Rd widening and a second-stage Mt Albert rail overbridge project. <\/p>\n

\"FromFrom left: Councillor Richard Hills, Albert-Eden Local Board chairperson Margi Watson, Auckland Minister Simon Watts and Auckland Transport chief executive Stacey van der Putten overturn the first sod for the project on Friday. Photo \/ Auckland Transport<\/p>\n

AT has previously signalled concerns about the lack of parking in the area once the housing project is completed.<\/p>\n

The agency is supporting appellants who are currently in mediation over a plan change submitted by developers for the Te Kuk\u016bnga Waka. <\/p>\n

In the appeal documents, Auckland Transport warned that a lack of car parks would result in an 8km to 12km stretch of parked vehicles spilling on to surrounding streets.<\/p>\n

AT estimated there would be a shortfall of about 1500 parking spaces if the project went ahead as proposed. <\/p>\n

At the announcement on Friday, Auckland Minister Simon Watts acknowledged the project would cause a lot of disruption and noise for locals, and promised \u201cclear communication\u201d with them throughout the process. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s been mitigated as much as it can, and the community have been brought along on the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Councillor Richard Hills said the project was about \u201cgetting the foundations right\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt upgrades roads, underground services and utilities now, so the corridor can safely support new homes, new families and a busier neighbourhood well into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rachel Maher is an investigative reporter covering Auckland issues and education. She started at the Herald as a breaking news journalist in 2022, before joining the Auckland team this year. <\/p>\n

Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An artist rendering of what the new Carrington Rd will look like. Photo \/ Auckland Transport The $113m…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[145406,221901,97255,10049,12635,120837,380,5346,266,15221,85429,78,47251,296,13419,1446,1132,130,2683,10048,111,43,139,1536,69,1523,384,2642,63502,4497,131,61,14043,9350],"class_list":["post-433353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-145406","tag-113m","tag-97255","tag-albert","tag-area","tag-carrington","tag-decade","tag-expected","tag-government","tag-improve","tag-improvements","tag-in","tag-injecting","tag-into","tag-june","tag-making","tag-million","tag-more","tag-move","tag-mt","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-next","tag-nz","tag-over","tag-people","tag-rd","tag-route","tag-start","tag-than","tag-to","tag-upgrade","tag-vital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}