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Mt Wellington Highway and Sylvia Park Road are two of Auckland’s busiest roads, with more than 20,000 vehicles using them every day, including cars, trucks, and buses.
These roads are already very busy and often get congested during the evening rush hour, causing unpredictable and unreliable travel times. As a popular shopping destination andbusinesshub,with a growing residential community, traffic volumes are expected to increase.
To help fix this, we’re proposing to add transit lanes to these two roads in the afternoon, which will make travel quicker and more reliable for delivery vehicles, buses, and people carpooling.We’re also proposing some minor changes to help traffic flow more smoothly to and from the motorway.
Our proposalswill link upexisting transit lanes on Great South Road and Atkinson Road,and support changes NZTA is currently making to improve the traffic flow onto the motorway and reduce congestion on Mt Wellington Highway. IKEA is also planning improvements to the roads adjacent to its site ahead of its opening.
The changes proposed below are cost-effective and can be implemented relatively quickly with minimal construction disruption.
Why changes are needed
Mt Wellington Highway and Sylvia Park Road are vital links between the Southern Motorway, industrial areas to the west, and residential neighbourhoods to the east. They carry over20,000 vehicles each day, including a high proportion of freight. Currently, evening peak congestion causes unreliable travel times, particularly for buses and freight. Traffic speeds slow to between 18 and 25 kilometres per hour during peak periods. Growth in the area is increasing pressure on the network. Without improvements, congestion will continue to worsen. These proposed changes are a cost-effective way to keep people and goods moving, now and into the future.
We want your feedback on these proposed improvements.
What’s proposed
We have studied Sylvia Park Road and Mt Wellington Highway and found some changes that could be made right now to make better use of the existing road space and keep people, delivery vehicles, cars and buses moving safely and more efficiently.Click here for the full project details.
Have your say Your feedback is important and will help shape the final design. Submit your feedback by 8 June 2025.
Feedback will be reviewed and used to refine the design with the local board. If supported, changes will be implemented late-2025.
You can complete the online survey [insert link to survey] or visit our public drop-in event. Details of the event date, time, and locationwill be shared soon.
Mt Wellington Highway and Sylvia Park Road are two of Auckland’s busiest roads, with more than 20,000 vehicles using them every day, including cars, trucks, and buses.
These roads are already very busy and often get congested during the evening rush hour, causing unpredictable and unreliable travel times. As a popular shopping destination andbusinesshub,with a growing residential community, traffic volumes are expected to increase.
To help fix this, we’re proposing to add transit lanes to these two roads in the afternoon, which will make travel quicker and more reliable for delivery vehicles, buses, and people carpooling.We’re also proposing some minor changes to help traffic flow more smoothly to and from the motorway.
Our proposalswill link upexisting transit lanes on Great South Road and Atkinson Road,and support changes NZTA is currently making to improve the traffic flow onto the motorway and reduce congestion on Mt Wellington Highway. IKEA is also planning improvements to the roads adjacent to its site ahead of its opening.
The changes proposed below are cost-effective and can be implemented relatively quickly with minimal construction disruption.
Why changes are needed
Mt Wellington Highway and Sylvia Park Road are vital links between the Southern Motorway, industrial areas to the west, and residential neighbourhoods to the east. They carry over20,000 vehicles each day, including a high proportion of freight. Currently, evening peak congestion causes unreliable travel times, particularly for buses and freight. Traffic speeds slow to between 18 and 25 kilometres per hour during peak periods. Growth in the area is increasing pressure on the network. Without improvements, congestion will continue to worsen. These proposed changes are a cost-effective way to keep people and goods moving, now and into the future.
We want your feedback on these proposed improvements.
What’s proposed
We have studied Sylvia Park Road and Mt Wellington Highway and found some changes that could be made right now to make better use of the existing road space and keep people, delivery vehicles, cars and buses moving safely and more efficiently.Click here for the full project details.
Have your say Your feedback is important and will help shape the final design. Submit your feedback by 8 June 2025.
Feedback will be reviewed and used to refine the design with the local board. If supported, changes will be implemented late-2025.
You can complete the online survey [insert link to survey] or visit our public drop-in event. Details of the event date, time, and locationwill be shared soon.
