We are working with the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) to improve transport connections between Matakana Road and State Highway 1 (SH1) to support the significant population growth expected in the area and to improve network resilience in Warkworth.
The Matakana link road project is a proposed new 1.35km road connecting Matakana Road and SH1.
The project is currently progressing through detailed design, negotiating land requirements, and securing designations and consents.
Public feedback on the 4 short-listed options for the Matakana link road was open from 26 April to 20 May 2017.
We received a total of 221 submissions.
Themes identified in public feedback are aligned to a large degree with the success factors we identified for the Matakana link road.
We assessed 10 possible locations for the link road and discounted six as they did not meet these critical success factors:
Map showing the 10 route options

Option 1A and 1B evaluation - discounted
✓ Does not pass through the Warkworth Showgrounds.
✓ Does not pass through or over an QE2 Trust land or any Significant Ecological Areas.
✓ Does not significantly depart from the appropriate design standards.
✗ Provides for future network connectivity.
✓ Provides safe intersections at either end.
✗ Does not affect the performance of SH1 (Ara Tūhono).
✓ Provides access to the Future Urban Zone and the Light Industrial Zone.
Further investigation required - Must avoid or minimise any impact on known sites of interest to Mana Whenua.
Route 2 evaluation
This option is included in the short list.
✓ Does not pass through the Warkworth Showgrounds.
✓ Does not pass through or over an QE2 Trust land or any Significant Ecological Areas.
✓ Does not significantly depart from the appropriate design standards.
✓ Does not provide for future network connectivity.
Further investigation required - Provides safe intersections at either end.
✓ Does not affect the performance of SH1 (Ara Tūhono).
✓ Provides access to the Future Urban Zone and the Light Industrial Zone.
Further investigation required - Must avoid or minimise any impact on known sites of interest to Mana Whenua.
Route 3 evaluation - discounted
✗ Does not pass through the Warkworth Showgrounds.
✓ Does not pass through or over an QE2 Trust land or any Significant Ecological Areas.
✓ Does not significantly depart from the appropriate design standards.
✗ Provides for future network connectivity.
Further investigation required - Provides safe intersections at either end.
✓ Does not affect the performance of SH1 (Ara Tūhono).
Further investigation required - Provides access to the Future Urban Zone and the Light Industrial Zone.
Further investigation required - Must avoid or minimise any impact on known sites of interest to Mana Whenua.
Route 4 evaluation - discounted
✗ Does not pass through the Warkworth Showgrounds.
✓ Does not pass through or over an QE2 Trust land or any Significant Ecological Areas.
✓ Does not significantly depart from the appropriate design standards.
✗ Provides for future network connectivity.
Further investigation required - Provides safe intersections at either end.
✓ Does not affect the performance of SH1 (Ara Tūhono).
Further investigation required - Provides access to the Future Urban Zone and the Light Industrial Zone.
Further investigation required - Must avoid or minimise any impact on known sites of interest to Mana Whenua.
Route 5 evaluation - discounted
✓ Does not pass through the showgrounds.
✓ Does not pass through or over an QE2 Trust land or any Significant Ecological Areas.
✓ Does not significantly depart from the appropriate design standards.
✗ Provides for future network connectivity.
✗ Provides safe intersections at either end.
✓ Does not affect the performance of SH1 (Ara Tūhono).
✓ Provides access to the Future Urban Zone and the Light Industrial Zone.
Further investigation required - Must avoid or minimise any impact on known sites of interest to Mana Whenua.
Route 6 evaluation - discounted
✗ Does not pass through the showgrounds.
✗ Does not pass through or over an QE2 Trust land or any Significant Ecological Areas.
✓ Does not significantly depart from the appropriate design standards.
✗ Provides for future network connectivity.
✓ Provides safe intersections at either end.
✓ Does not affect the performance of SH1 (Ara Tūhono).
✗ Provides access to the Future Urban Zone and the Light Industrial Zone.
Further investigation required - Must avoid or minimise any impact on known sites of interest to Mana Whenua.
Route 7 evaluation - discounted
✓ Does not pass through the showgrounds.
✓ Does not pass through or over an QE2 Trust land or any Significant Ecological Areas.
✓ Does not significantly depart from the appropriate design standards.
✗ Provides for future network connectivity.
✓ Provides safe intersections at either end.
✓ Does not affect the performance of SH1 (Ara Tūhono).
✗ Provides access to the Future Urban Zone and the Light Industrial Zone.
Further investigation required - Must avoid or minimise any impact on known sites of interest to Mana Whenua.
Route 8 evaluation
This option is included in the short list.
Further investigation required - Does not pass through the showgrounds.
✓ Does not pass through or over an QE2 Trust land or any Significant Ecological Areas.
✓ Does not significantly depart from the appropriate design standards.
✓ Provides for future network connectivity.
✓ Provides safe intersections at either end.
✓ Does not affect the performance of SH1 (Ara Tūhono).
✓ Provides access to the Future Urban Zone and the Light Industrial Zone.
Further investigation required - Must avoid or minimise any impact on known sites of interest to Mana Whenua.
Route 9 evaluation
This option is included in the short list.
✓ Does not pass through the showgrounds.
Further investigation required - Does not pass through or over an QE2 Trust land or any Significant Ecological Areas.
✓ Does not significantly depart from the appropriate design standards.
✓ Provides for future network connectivity.
✓ Provides safe intersections at either end.
✓ Does not affect the performance of SH1 (Ara Tūhono).
✓ Provides access to the Future Urban Zone and the Light Industrial Zone.
Further investigation required - Must avoid or minimise any impact on known sites of interest to Mana Whenua.
Route 10 evaluation
This option is included in the short list.
✓ Does not pass through the showgrounds.
✓ Does not pass through or over an QE2 Trust land or any Significant Ecological Areas.
✓ Does not significantly depart from the appropriate design standards.
✓ Provides for future network connectivity.
✓ Provides safe intersections at either end.
✓ Does not affect the performance of SH1 (Ara Tūhono).
✓ Provides access to the Future Urban Zone and the Light Industrial Zone.
Further investigation required - Must avoid or minimise any impact on known sites of interest to Mana Whenua.