Today I enjoyed my first trip along new westbound lanes on Tī Rākau Drive.
The top level of bus 70 provides great views of everything the team have been working hard to deliver - safer separated walking and cycling lanes, improved stormwater outlets, and an incredibly smooth journey.
What you can't see: kilometres of improved infrastructure like expanded water capacity hidden under the road, future proofing the construction.
These new lanes are nearly in final configuration (few tweaks to intersections to come) and enable the Eastern Busway Team to get on building the bus lanes in the centre of Tī Rākau. While they have people working on the centre, the speed on Tī Rākau Drive is temporarily reduced to 50km/hr.
