1.1km Cableway Being Erected to Bypass Bush for Mt Messenger Bypass Project
November 27, 2022
PHOTO: Supplied/ Waka Kotahi
Motorists are now able to see a 1.1km cableway being erected at a former rest area at the top of Mt Messenger on State Highway 3, in north Taranaki.
Two 28-metre high legs for the structure have gone up this week. It will be used to take workers, machinery and equipment into the centre of the Te Ara o Te Ata: Mt Messenger Bypass project site.
Waka Kotahi Principal Project Manager Chris Nally said erecting the cableway was a significant milestone for the $280 million project.
“What it does - it gives us access into a critical part of the project in the centre of the site, which is very hard to access.