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The Te Tupu Ngātahi Supporting Growth Alliance programme of work is the largest and most complex infrastructure, planning, and engagement undertaking in Aotearoa New Zealand’s history. This programme consists of more than 80 separate projects across Tāmaki Makaurau that identify and protect the strategic transport network needed to support Auckland's future urban environment.
The Alliance is a collaboration between Auckland Transport (AT), Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency (Waka Kotahi), Auckland Council (Council), Ngā Manawhenua o Tāmaki Makaurau (Manawhenua) and KiwiRail. Te Tupu Ngātahi owner participants are AT and Waka Kotahi, and non-owner participants are engineering/planning consultancies AECOM and Beca, and law firms Bell Gully and Buddle Findlay.
By 2050, New Zealand’s largest urban centre will look very different to how it does today. The population is expected to grow by up to one million over the next 30 years, generating demand for more than 400,000 additional homes and requiring land for a further 270,000 jobs. While most of that growth will likely occur in existing urban areas, one third is expected to occur in the Future Urban Zones (FUZ), as identified in the Auckland Unitary Plan. These mostly rural areas will be rezoned over the next few decades and include Pukekohe-Paerātā, Drury-Ōpāheke, and Takaanini (South), Kumeū-Huapai, Riverhead, Redhills, Hobsonville and Whenuapai (North West), Silverdale West, Dairy Flat and Wainui East (North) and Warkworth (Warkworth).
In 2017, the Future Urban Land Supply Strategy (FULSS) was developed by Auckland Council to determine how future urban growth could be sequenced to align with the investment and delivery of infrastructure. The following year, Te Tupu Ngātahi was formed to investigate, plan and deliver the key components of the future transport network necessary to support greenfield growth. This work is achieved through route protection and Notices of Requirement (NoR). The formation of an alliance to tackle this large, unique and complex programme of work brought major players and partners into a shared-risk environment. This has proven to be an innovative and efficient way to break down barriers, build consensus and achieve agreed outcomes in short timeframes.
In 2019, the Alliance confirmed an Indicative Strategic Transport Network (ISTN), which identifies where future transport investments are needed to support new neighbourhoods in the FUZs. More than 80 projects have now been identified through business cases, including new and upgraded public transport connections, walking and cycling links, new and upgraded roads and state highways and safety improvements to existing roads. It will be a well-connected system that delivers safety, accessibility, sustainability and liveability outcomes in four main areas. The ISTN has defined the scope of work for Te Tupu Ngātahi.
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