Warkworth Stage 1

• "To operate the state highway system in a way that contributes to an integrated, safe, responsive and sustainable land transport system."

Consistent with this are the project objectives for Warkworth Stage 1 to:

• Provide a context sensitive solution to improve safety and address the future demands on SH1
• Provide a solution to ensure an integrated transport and land-use outcome
• Provide a solution to address the immediate capacity issues at the Hill Street Intersection
• To integrate the proposed SH1 improvements with Rodney District Council's planned Western Collector road, local accessibility, and walking, cycling and public transport opportunities.

The result of collaboration between Transit and Rodney District Council, the integrated state highway and local road improvements will cater for the expected growth and development in the Rodney region through to 2021 and ease evening peak and seasonal congestion in Warkworth.

The proposed works are as follows:

• New signalised intersections and improved layouts at:
• State Highway 1 (SH1) and McKinney Road
• SH1 and Woodcocks Road
• Hill Street, Matakana Road and Sandspit Road
• Elizabeth Street and Hill Street
• SH1 and Hudson Road

• Upgraded traffic signals and improvements to traffic movements at:
• SH1 and Whitaker Road
• SH1 and Hill Street

• Widening of SH1 to two lanes in each direction between Woodcocks Road and Whitaker Road
• Improved access to and from SH1 at Hudson Road and McKinney Road
• Creation of the Western Collector route from Hudson Road in the north to McKinney Road in the south, to cater for local traffic
• Future removal of the eastbound traffic movement from Hill Street onto SH1

The work will take place in stages, over approximately the next seven years and has been designed to support and match pace with development planned in Rodney, as detailed in Rodney District Council's Warkworth Structure Plan.