33492 (2026). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport
Written Question
Published date: 18 Aug 2026
33492 (2026). Tangi Utikere to the Minister of Transport: What is the most recent completed business or investment case for each Road of National Significance, including its date and latest total cost estimate?
Hon Chris Bishop: Belfast to Pegasus: Investment Case Nov 2024. Investment envelope (Nov 2024) $0.8-1 billion
Mill Road Stage 1: Investment Case April 2025 Investment envelope (April 2025) $1.75-2.05 billion
Tauriko West: Investment Case April 2025 Investment envelope (April 2025) $2.8-3.3 billion
Hope Bypass: Investment Case August 2025. Investment envelope (Aug 2025) $1.1-1.4 billion
East-West Link: Investment Case August 2025. Investment envelope (Aug 2025) $3.7-4.1 billion
Petone to Grenada: Investment Case August 2025. Investment envelope (Aug 2025) $2.1-2.6 billion
Wellington Improvements: Investment Case August 2025. Investment case (Aug 2025) $2.9-3.8 billion
Hawke’s Bay Expressway: Investment Case August 2025. Investment envelope (Aug 2025) $0.6-0.7 billion
Hamilton Southern Links: Investment Case Sept. 2025. Investment envelope (Sept 2025) $2.32-2.72 billion
Te Hana to Whangarei (incl. Alt to Brynderwyn Hills): Investment Case August 2025. Investment envelope (Aug 2025) $15.3-18.3 billion
Warkworth to Te Hana – Implementation case 2025. Project cost $3.65 billion (NPV)
Cambridge to Piarere: Detailed Business Case 2021. Cost envelope (2026) $1.9-2.2 billion
Otaki to North of Levin: Detailed Business Case 2022. Cost estimate (2025) $2.1 billion
Takitimu North Link Stage 1 (Progressed from 2016 wider DBC). The current total cost estimate for Takitimu North Link Stage 1 is $884m
Takitimu North Link Stage 2 (Progressed from 2017 wider DBC) Cost information is currently commercially sensitive.
SH16 North-West Alternative Highway: Detailed Business Case 2021. No detailed cost estimate has been completed.